Also known as IU 14651

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

• Paleocoordinates: 31.1° S, 53.6° 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 to Chadian (346.7 - 339.9 Ma)

• JA: entered as "Osage" and with the New Providence Shale as a formation; the New Providence Shale falls within the Chadian to Arundian Gnathodus texanus zone and is a member of the Borden Formation (Work and Mason 2004)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, gray, calcareous shale

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 unpublished M.A. thesis, Indiana University 1-173 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details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 6917: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 12.04.2000

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