Sample 3 at Paris Landing, Rockford Limestone, Stewart Co., TN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as IU 14651

Where: Stewart County, Tennessee (36.4° N, 88.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.4° S, 54.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, New Providence Shale Member (Borden Formation), Chadian (346.7 - 339.9 Ma)

• JA: originally entered as "Osage" and from the Rockford Limestone Formation, which is Chadian, within the Gnathodus texanus zone, and a unit of the lower New Providence Shale Member of the Borden Formation according to Work and Mason (2004)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); ferruginous, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal limestone and shale

• nodular, rubbly, unevenly bedded limestone, moderate yellowish brown; slightly glauconitic; ferrugenous crusts rim many limestone nodules; light gray to yellowish gray 2 cm shale parting contains small limestone nodules and is very fossiliferous

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: D. P. Smith. 1978. Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Basal New Providence Shale (Osagian: Mississippian) at Paris Landing, Tennessee. unpublished M.A. thesis, Indiana University 1-173 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6914: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 10.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

• crinoid and blastoid abundances were calculated from radial plates with each plate constituting 0.2 of an individual; isolated ossicles of asteroids and ophiuroids were identified as one individual; brachiopod abundances were taken as total complete specimens; all ostracod valves constituted 0.5 of an individual
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unclassified
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Grifithidella sp., Stenoporida sp., Cyatbaxonia tantilla, Allagecrinida sp., Ctenostoma sp.
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet.
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
ophiuroid ossicles
Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
asteroid plates
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinoid ossicles
Holothuroidea
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Holothuroidea indet.
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
holothuroidean sclerites
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet., Passalocrinus triangularis
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Streblocrinidae
Lampadosocrinus sp.
Lampadosocrinus sp. Strimple and Koenig 1956 Sea lily
 Allagecrinoidea - Allagecrinidae
Trophocrinus sp.
Trophocrinus sp. Kirk 1930 Sea lily
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp.
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Hadroblastus sp.
Hadroblastus sp. Fay 1962 blastoid
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus sp.
Brachymetopus sp. M'Coy 1847 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae
Kirkbyella sp.
Kirkbyella sp. Coryell and Booth 1933 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya fernglepensis
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Tetrasacculus stewartae
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp.
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Graphiadactyllis sp.
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdiidae indet.
Healdiidae indet. Harlton 1933 ostracod
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Fenestellida sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora ? sp.
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris parva
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira rowleyi
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyrididae indet.
Athyrididae indet. McCoy 1841
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina burlingtonensis
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Geniculifera ? sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Chonetid sp. A
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Anopliopsis sp.
Anopliopsis sp. Girty 1938
Polychaeta
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Machaeridia indet.
Machaeridia indet. scale worm
machaeridian plates
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis ? sp.
Nuculopsis ? sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira ? sp.
Trepospira ? sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp.
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Probably Pseudomulceodens cancellatus
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum deminutivum
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Permia sp." = Trochophyllum (Permia)
"Permia sp." = Trochophyllum (Permia) Stuckenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp.
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis enormis
Palaeacis enormis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral