Also known as Eucalyptocrinites crassus-Cupulocorona-Caryocrinites persculptus Association
Where: Davidson County, Tennessee (36.1° N, 87.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 54.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waldron Member (Wayne Formation), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• "Middle Wenlockian. Barrick (1983) placed the Waldron Member near the top of the Kockelella amsdeni Zone."
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous wackestone and packstone
•SEP environmental call based on given info
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Table 45.37 lists abundances for fauna at Newsome Station Quarry. I have also included one additional genus mentioned in text but not listed in table.
Primary reference: T. J. Frest, C. E. Brett, and B. J. Witzke. 1999. Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 638-783 [M. Foote/K. Koverman/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26788: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.10.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Crinoidea | |
Eucalyptocrinites crassus Sea lily
Eucalyptocrinites caelatus Sea lily | |
Lobomelocrinus obconicus Sea lily
Lobomelocrinus rugatus Sea lily | |
Macrostylocrinus fasciatus Sea lily
Macrostylocrinus striatus Sea lily | |
Dimerocrinites occidentalis Sea lily
Dimerocrinites inornatus Sea lily
Dimerocrinites carleyi Sea lily
Dimerocrinites sp. Phillips 1839 Sea lily | |
Lyriocrinus melissa Sea lily | |
Lecanocrinus pusillus Sea lily | |
Sagenocrinites sp. Sea lily | |
Botryocrinus polyxa Sea lily | |
Eohalysiocrinus stigmatus Sea lily
Eohalysiocrinus sp. Prokop 1970 Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
Cupulocorona gemmiformis Hall 1872 blastoid | |
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus Miller and Dyer 1878 blastoid | |
Rhombifera | |
Cyclocystoidea | |
Sievertsia sp. Smith and Paul 1982 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Meristina maria Hall 1863 | |
Homoeospira evax Hall 1863 | |
Rhynchotreta americana Hall 1879 | |
| |
Howellella "crispa" Hisinger 1827 | |
Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 | |
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850 | |
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Resserella elegantula Dalman 1828 | |
Atrypina disparilis Hall 1852 | |
Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758 | |
Chileata | |
Dictyonella reticulata Hall 1868 | |
Strophomenata | |
Strophonella (Strophonella) semifasciata Hall 1863 | |
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Leangella sp. Opik 1933 | |
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia) | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
| |
Pterinea spp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster | |
"Rhombopteria (Newsomella) ulrichi n. sp." = Cypricardinia ulrichi
"Rhombopteria (Newsomella) ulrichi n. sp." = Cypricardinia ulrichi Foerste 1909 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
"Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis, Strophostylus cyclostomus
"Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
Strophostylus cyclostomus Hall 1864 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dawsonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Trilobita | |
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843 trilobite | |
Trimerus delphinocephalus trilobite | |
Dalmanites vigilans trilobite
Dalmanites verrucosus trilobite | |
Cheirurus niagarensis Hall 1868 trilobite | |
Cyphaspis christyi trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral | |
Favosites forbesi tabulate coral
Favosites spinigerus tabulate coral | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral |