St Paul Stone Co. Abandoned Quarry (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Shelby County, Indiana (39.4° N, 85.6° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 51.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Laurel Limestone Member, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Upper part of the Laurel Limestone (Wenlockian)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. R. Ball; H. L. Strimple; T. J. Frest; reposited in the FMNH, SUI

Primary reference: T. J. Frest and H. L. Strimple. 1977. Hirneacrinidae (new), simple Silurian camerate crinoids from the North American continental interior. Journal of Paleontology 51:1181-1200 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130078: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Briony Mamo on 04.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Hirneacrinidae
Hirneacrinus perplanus Frest and Strimple 1977 Sea lily