Where: Tennessee (35.4° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 56.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kockelella amsdeni zone, Waldron Member (Wayne Formation), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; ferruginous, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal wackestone
•SEP environmental call based on given info
Collection methods: Abundances for four samples in table 45.41; these are combined for this collection.
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 26802: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Eucalyptocrinites cf. caelatus Sea lily
Eucalyptocrinites crassus Sea lily | |
Prokopicrinus barricki Sea lily | |
Macrostylocrinus striatus Sea lily | |
Dimerocrinites occidentalis Sea lily | |
Lyriocrinus melissa Sea lily | |
Lecanocrinus (Lecanocrinus) pusilla Sea lily | |
Bouskacrinus waldronensis Sea lily | |
Dendrocrinus sp. n. sp.
Dendrocrinus sp. n. sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily | |
Passalocrinus sp. Sea lily | |
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Myelodactylus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily | |
Zophocrinus sp. Miller 1891 Sea lily | |
Eohalysiocrinus stigmatus Sea lily
Eohalysiocrinus sp. n. sp. Prokop 1970 Sea lily | |
Pisocrinus (Pisocrinus) gemmiformis Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
Cupulocorona tennesseensis blastoid
Cupulocorona gemmiformis Hall 1872 blastoid | |
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus Miller and Dyer 1878 blastoid | |
Rhombifera | |
Caryocrinites sp. Say 1825 | |
Cyclocystoidea | |
Sievertsia sp. n. sp.
Sievertsia sp. n. sp. Smith and Paul 1982 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
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Polychaeta | |
Plumulites sp. Barrande 1872 scale worm | |
Sedentaria | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Lophophorata | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Lingulata | |
Acrotretidae indet. Schuchert 1893 | |
Craniata | |
Craniops sp. Hall 1859 | |
Craniidae indet. Menke 1828 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Merista sp. Suess 1851 | |
Whitfieldella nitida Hall 1843
Meristina sp. Hall 1867 | |
Rhynchotreta americana Hall 1879 | |
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Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
Howellella cf. crispa Hisinger 1827 | |
Striispirifer sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951 | |
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850 | |
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Resserella "elegantula" Dalman 1828 | |
Dalejina "hybrida" Sowerby 1839 | |
? Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914 | |
Atrypina disparilis Hall 1852 | |
Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758 | |
Anastrophia sp. Hall 1867 | |
Chileata | |
Dictyonella reticulata Hall 1868 | |
Strophomenata | |
Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) sp. Kozlowski 1929 | |
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Hyolitha | |
Bivalvia | |
Cypricardinia alta clam | |
Paragastropoda | |
Clisospira sp. Billings 1865 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Pharetrolites sp. Wenz 1938 snail | |
""Bellerophon" tuber" = Sphaerocyclus tuber
""Bellerophon" tuber" = Sphaerocyclus tuber Hall 1879 snail | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
"Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis, "Platyostoma plebium" = Platyostoma plebeium, Strophostylus cyclostomus
"Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
"Platyostoma plebium" = Platyostoma plebeium Hall 1876 snail
Strophostylus cyclostomus Hall 1864 snail | |
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail | |
Rostroconchia | |
Mulceodens sp. n. sp.
Mulceodens sp. n. sp. Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
Auloporella sp. Grubbs 1939 tabulate coral | |
Favosites sp. n. sp.
Favosites sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Astylospongia praemorsa Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Heteractinida | |
Astraeospongium sp. Roemer 1860 |