Also known as Hwy 61N
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
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 165202: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Blastoidea | |
Deliablastus cumberlandensis Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid | |
Crinoidea | |
Platycrinites hemisphaericus Sea lily | |
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Abatocrinus grandis Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily | |
Agaricocrinus americanus Sea lily | |
Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus Sea lily | |
Catillocrinus tennesseeae Sea lily | |
Synbathocrinus swallovi Sea lily | |
Cyathocrinites iowensis Sea lily |