Delta slope community - Carwood 22(2) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Floyd County, Indiana (38.3° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 32.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Carwood Formation (Borden Group), Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• middle Mississippian Borden delta

Environment/lithology: slope; siltstone and silty shale

• delta slope
• Siltstone and silty shales are the dominant lithologies, and much of these sediments may have been deposited by turbidity currents

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W.I. Ausich, T.W. Kammer, and N.G. Lane. 1979. Fossil communities of the Borden (Mississippian) delta in Indiana and northern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 53(5):1182-1196 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224226: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 01.02.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cladoconus sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp.
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
R
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
A
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cheilotrypa sp.
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
A
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya sp.
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
C
 Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
Worthenopora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Hemitrypa sp., Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
C
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp.
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
?R
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
R
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
R, flexible plates
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp.
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
R
 Allagecrinacea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus sp.
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886 Sea lily
R
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp.
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
R
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
C
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp.
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
R
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
R, echinocystitoidid