Highway 61DW (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Hwy 61DW

Where: Cumberland County, Kentucky (36.7° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 33.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, Fort Payne Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal packstone

• Sheetlike packestone. Crinoidal packstone. Sheetlike layers with graded bedding.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU, USNM

Primary reference: E. B. Krivicich, W. I. Ausich, and D. L. Meyer. 2014. Crinoid assemblages from the Fort Payne Formation (late Osagean, early Viséan, Mississippian) from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1154-1162 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165201: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Blastoidea
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Granatocrinus granulatus, Xyeleblastus magnificus
Granatocrinus granulatus Romer 1851 blastoid
Xyeleblastus magnificus Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus stellatus, Barycrinus sculptus, Barycrinus rhombiferus, Barycrinus spurius, Costalocrinus cornutus
Barycrinus spurius Hall 1868 Sea lily
Costalocrinus cornutus Owen and Schumard 1850 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Holcocrinus "sp. 2"
Holcocrinus "sp. 2" Kirk 1945 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis
 Sagenocrinida -
Lecocrinus ? springeri
 Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae
Mespilocrinus romingeri
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus cumberlandensis, Halysiocrinus tunicatus
 Allagecrinacea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Magnuscrinus praegravis, Macrocrinus sp., Uperocrinus nashvillae, Abatocrinus grandis, Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Eretmocrinus magnificus
Magnuscrinus praegravis Miller 1892 Sea lily
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
Uperocrinus nashvillae Hall 1858 Sea lily
Abatocrinus grandis Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus planus
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Thinocrinus "lobate sp.", Actinocrinites gibsoni
Thinocrinus "lobate sp." Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus spp., Agaricocrinus americanus, Agaricocrinus crassus, Agaricocrinus ? wortheni
Agaricocrinus spp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites hemisphaericus, Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus