Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Indiana (38.6° N, 86.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.9° S, 32.4° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Taphrognathus varians conodont zone, Salem Formation, Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1882. On the fauna of the Lower Carboniferous limestones of Spergen Hill, Indiana, with a revision of the descriptions of its Fossils hitherto published, and illustrations of the species from the original type series. American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 1:39-97 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129910: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods and rostroconchs entered so far; updated taxonomic data needed before other groups can be entered.
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Blastoidea
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Tricoelocrinus woodmani1
Tricoelocrinus woodmani1 Meek and Worthen 1868 blastoid
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
"Patella levettei n. sp." = Lepetopsis levettei5
"Patella levettei n. sp." = Lepetopsis levettei5 White 1882
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon sublaevis n. sp." = Bellerophon spergensis3, "Bellerophon cancellatus" = Retispira textilis3
"Bellerophon sublaevis n. sp." = Bellerophon spergensis3 Gordon and Yochelson 1983 snail
"Bellerophon cancellatus" = Retispira textilis3 Miller 1877 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Loxonema vincta n. sp." = Murchisonia vincta3
"Loxonema vincta n. sp." = Murchisonia vincta3 Hall 1856 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Bulimella bulimiformis" = Bulimorpha bulimiformis3, "Bulimella elongata n. sp." = Bulimorpha elongata3
"Bulimella bulimiformis" = Bulimorpha bulimiformis3 Hall 1858 snail
"Bulimella elongata n. sp." = Bulimorpha elongata3 Hall 1858 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
"Pleurotomaria concava n. sp." = Eotrochus tenuimarginatus3
"Pleurotomaria concava n. sp." = Eotrochus tenuimarginatus3 Miller 1877 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Murchisonia insculpta n. sp." = Neilsonia insculpta3, "Pleurotomaria rotundata n. sp." = Gosseletina subglobosa3, "Pleurotomaria swallovana n. sp." = Stenoloron swallovana3, "Pleurotomaria wortheni" = Rhineoderma wortheni3, "Pleurotomaria humilis" = Rhineoderma wortheni3, "Pleurotomaria nodulostriata n. sp." = Rhineoderma nodulostriata3
"Murchisonia insculpta n. sp." = Neilsonia insculpta3 Hall 1856 snail
"Pleurotomaria rotundata n. sp." = Gosseletina subglobosa3 Miller 1877 snail
"Pleurotomaria swallovana n. sp." = Stenoloron swallovana3 Hall 1856 snail
"Pleurotomaria wortheni" = Rhineoderma wortheni3 Hall 1856 snail
"Pleurotomaria humilis" = Rhineoderma wortheni3 Hall 1856 snail
"Pleurotomaria nodulostriata n. sp." = Rhineoderma nodulostriata3 Hall 1856 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria elegantula" = Euconospira elegantula4, "? Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) conula n. sp." = Euconospira conula3
"Pleurotomaria elegantula" = Euconospira elegantula4 Hall 1856 snail
"? Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) conula n. sp." = Euconospira conula3 Hall 1856 snail
 Euomphalina -
"Euomphalus planispira" = Serpulospira planispira3
"Euomphalus planispira" = Serpulospira planispira3 Hall 1856 snail
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"Pleurotomaria leavenworthana n. sp." = Amaurotoma leavenworthana3, "Pleurotomaria subangulata n. sp." = Amaurotoma subangulatum3
"Pleurotomaria leavenworthana n. sp." = Amaurotoma leavenworthana3 Hall 1856 snail
"Pleurotomaria subangulata n. sp." = Amaurotoma subangulatum3 Hall 1856 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
"Holopea proutana n. sp." = Anematina proutana3
"Holopea proutana n. sp." = Anematina proutana3 Hall 1856 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus quadrivolvis n. sp." = Straparollus quadrivolvis3, "Euomphalus spergenensis n. sp." = Straparollus spergenensis3
"Euomphalus quadrivolvis n. sp." = Straparollus quadrivolvis3 Hall 1856 snail
"Euomphalus spergenensis n. sp." = Straparollus spergenensis3 Hall 1856 snail
includes Euomphalus spergensis n. ssp. planorbiformis
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Natica carleyana n. sp." = Naticopsis carleyana3
"Natica carleyana n. sp." = Naticopsis carleyana3 Hall 1856 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
"Bulimorpha canaliculata n. sp." = Girtyspira canaliculata3
"Bulimorpha canaliculata n. sp." = Girtyspira canaliculata3 Hall 1856 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Pleurotomaria trilineata n. sp." = Platyzona trilineata3
"Pleurotomaria trilineata n. sp." = Platyzona trilineata3 Hall 1856 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Loxonema yandellana n. sp." = Pseudozygopleura yandellana3
"Loxonema yandellana n. sp." = Pseudozygopleura yandellana3 Hall 1856 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Murchisonia vermicula n. sp." = Hypergonia vermicula3, "Murchisonia turritella n. sp." = Hypergonia turritella3, "Murchisonia attenuata n. sp." = Hypergonia attenuata3
"Murchisonia vermicula n. sp." = Hypergonia vermicula3 Hall 1856 snail
"Murchisonia turritella n. sp." = Hypergonia turritella3 Hall 1856 snail
"Murchisonia attenuata n. sp." = Hypergonia attenuata3 Hall 1856 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
"Conocardium carinatum" = Oxyprora carinatum3, "Conocardium conalatum" = Diedrorynchus conalatum2
"Conocardium carinatum" = Oxyprora carinatum3 Hall 1856
"Conocardium conalatum" = Diedrorynchus conalatum2 Branson 1942
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
"Conocardium catastomum n. sp." = Leptoconocardium catastomum3
"Conocardium catastomum n. sp." = Leptoconocardium catastomum3 Hall 1856
1Bassler and Moodey 1943; 2Branson 1942; 3Hall 1856; 4Hall 1883; 5White 1882