Delta slope community - Carwood 22(3) (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 224227: 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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Bryozoa indet., Nuculopsis sp., Cladoconus sp.
Bryozoa indet.
R, stenoporid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp.
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940 snail
R
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
R
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp.
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
R
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
C
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer washingtonensis
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp.
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
C
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
?R
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes keokuk
Orthotetes keokuk Hall 1858
C
 Productida - Productidae
Setigerites sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
R
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
R
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
R
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithides sp.
Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
?R
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
R