Ky-2 Fusulinids & Ostracods Bed 5, "Illinois Basin" (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Butler County, Kentucky (37.2° N, 86.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° S, 24.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; shale

• "unnamed limestone"

•bed 5: shale, dark gray, fossiliferous, clayey, with limestone nodules; ; thickness 0.7 feet

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: M.L. Thompson, R.H. Shaver, and E.A. Riggs. 1959. Early Pennsylvanian fusulinids and ostracods of the Illinois Basin. Part 1: Primitive fusulinids in the southern part of the Illinois Basin. Journal of Paleontology 33(5):770-792 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217268: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 03.02.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Fabalicypris regularis, Fabalicypris wetumkaensis, Fabalicypris wileyensis, Fabalicypris minuta, Bairdia antamputata n. sp., Bairdia dornickhillensis, Bairdia isoscelata n. sp., Bairdia cf. legumen, Bairdia opisthorhadina n. sp., Bairdia rectifrontis n. sp., Bairdia sp., Bairdia ardmorensis
Fabalicypris regularis ostracod
hypotypes InGS 271-275, immature molts InGS 276-277
Fabalicypris wetumkaensis ostracod
hypotypes InGS 278-282, immature molts InGS 283-290, section InGS 291, 292
Fabalicypris wileyensis ostracod
hypotype InGS 293
Fabalicypris minuta Cooper 1946 ostracod
hypotypes InGS 266, 267, immature molts 268-270
Bairdia antamputata n. sp. ostracod
holotype InGS 231, paratypes InGS 232, 233, immature molts InGS 234-237
Bairdia dornickhillensis ostracod
hypotypes, InGS 212-217, 13 immature molts InGS 218-230
Bairdia isoscelata n. sp. ostracod
holotype InGS 244, paratypes InGS 245-247, immature carapax InGS 248, sections InGS 249-251
Bairdia opisthorhadina n. sp. ostracod
holotype InGS 253, paratypes InGS 254, immature molts InGS 255-262, section InGS 263, 264
Bairdia rectifrontis n. sp. ostracod
holotype InGS 238, paratypes InGS 239, 240, sections InGS 241-243
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia ardmorensis Harlton 1933 ostracod
hypotypes InGS 208-211
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia cypha n. sp.
Healdia cypha n. sp. ostracod
holotype InGS 295, paratypes InGS 296, 297, immature molt InGS 298, sections 299, 300
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella sp.
Basslerella sp. Kellett 1935 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Aurikirkbya triseriata n. sp.
Aurikirkbya triseriata n. sp. ostracod
holotype InGS 308, paratypes InGS 309, immature molt 310, sections InGS 311, 312
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites rothi
Amphissites rothi ostracod
hypotypes InGS 301-303, section InGS 304, 305
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Eostaffellidae
"Paramillerella sp." = Eostaffella
"Paramillerella sp." = Eostaffella Rauser-Chernousova 1948