Delta slope community - Carwood 39 (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 224230: 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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Echinochoncus sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
C
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp.
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
?R
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer washingtonensis
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp.
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
R
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
?R
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Marginatia sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
R
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp., Hemitrypa sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
C
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
C
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
R
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
R
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
"Cyathocrinus sp." = Cyathocrinites
"Cyathocrinus sp." = Cyathocrinites Miller 1821 Sea lily
R
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp.
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
R
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp.
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily
R
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp., Platycrinites sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
R
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
C
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp.
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
R
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus sp.
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
R
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus sp.
Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
R