Obey Creek, main arm of Dale Hollow Reservoir (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as OBC; Dale Hollow East

Where: Tennessee (36.5° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

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

• Not given, but clusters with sheetlike packstones.

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 165240: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Blastoidea
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Euryoblastus veryi, Deliablastus cumberlandensis
Euryoblastus veryi Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Deliablastus cumberlandensis Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus rhombiferus, Barycrinus stellatus, Costalocrinus cornutus
Costalocrinus cornutus Owen and Schumard 1850 Sea lily
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus tunicatus
 Allagecrinacea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus planus
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites "fewer ridges sp."
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus magnificus, Uperocrinus apheles, Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Magnuscrinus praegravis, Macrocrinus sp.
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Magnuscrinus praegravis Miller 1892 Sea lily
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus americanus, Agaricocrinus crassus
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites saffordi, Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus