PBDB Collection

Allens Creek, IU 15114-12000, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., IN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Skeletal carbonate bank facies; monobathrid-disparid community

Where: Monroe County, Indiana (39.0° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Edwardsville Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• Lower Mississippian; equivalent to the Keokuk Limestone North American type section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified grainstone and siltstone

• This is a carbonate bank located on a subaqueous delta platform. Siltstone surrounds the bank, and can be found interspersed within the bank itself.

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, sieve

Primary reference: W. I. Ausich. 1978. Community Organization, Paleontology, and Sedimentology of the Lower Mississippian Borden Delta Platform (Edwardsville Formation, Southern Indiana). Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2252: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 29.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

• The fauna from this locality are part of the carboante bank community of Ausich, Kammer, and Lane, 1979. See reference number 558. This has also been termed the monobathrid-disparid community by the author. Total numeric abundance is 3622. Total biovolume abundance is 2912.1791.

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unclassified
-	Brachoppoda indet., "lithistid" indet. Brachoppoda indet. "lithistid" indet. "indet. sp. n.?" - originally entered as "lithistid indet. sp. n.?"
Anthozoa
Auloporida - Pyrgiidae	Cladochonus beecheri Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Striatopora sp. Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae	? Amplexizaphrentis sp. ? Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral "sp. B" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis? sp. B"
Stauriida - Amplexidae	Amplexus sp. Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia cyndon Cyathaxonia cyndon horn coral
Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Camerata -	Camerata indet. Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae	Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae	Dorycrinus gouldi Dorycrinus gouldi Sea lily
Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae	Actinocrinites gibsoni Actinocrinites gibsoni Sea lily
Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae	Amphoracrinus sp. Amphoracrinus sp. Austin 1848 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae	Dichocrinus ulrichi, Paradichocrinus planus Dichocrinus ulrichi Sea lily Paradichocrinus planus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Batocrinidae	Macrocrinus strotobasilarsis, Eretmocrinus magnificus Macrocrinus strotobasilarsis Sea lily Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae	Platycrinites hemisphericus, Platycrinites nodostriatus Platycrinites hemisphericus Sea lily Platycrinites nodostriatus Sea lily
Inadunata -	Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet. Inadunata indet. Sea lily "indet. poteriocrine sp. A" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. A" Inadunata indet. Sea lily "indet. poteriocrine sp. B" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. B" Inadunata indet. Sea lily "indet. poteriocrine sp. E" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. E" Inadunata indet. Sea lily
Flexibilia -	Flexibilia indet. Flexibilia indet. Sea lily
Cladida - Botryocrinidae	Barycrinus asperrimus, Barycrinus cornutus, Barycrinus stenobrachium Barycrinus asperrimus Sea lily Barycrinus cornutus Sea lily Barycrinus stenobrachium Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Adinocrinidae	Adinocrinus nodosus Adinocrinus nodosus Sea lily
Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae	Cyathocrinites cf. glenni, Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus, Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Cyathocrinites cf. glenni Sea lily originally entered as "Cyathocrinites cf. glenni" Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus Sea lily Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Sea lily
Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae	? Springericrinus ? doris ? Springericrinus ? doris Sea lily originally entered as "Springericrinus? doris?"
Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae	Halysiocrinus tunicatus Halysiocrinus tunicatus Sea lily
Disparida - Catillocrinidae	Catillocrinus turbinatus Catillocrinus turbinatus Sea lily
Disparida - Synbathocrinidae	Synbathocrinus swallovi Synbathocrinus swallovi Sea lily
Asterozoa
-	"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa "Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa von Zittel 1895
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Platyceras sp., "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis, "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra"
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
Fenestrata -	Fenestrata indet. Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae	Phractopora sp. Phractopora sp.
Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae	Cystodictya lineata, Cystodictya sp. Cystodictya lineata Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882 "sp. A" - originally entered as "Cystodictya sp. A"
Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae	Rhabdomeson indet. Rhabdomeson indet.
Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae	Saffordotaxis sp., Rhombopora simplex, Rhombopora sp. Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952 originally entered as "Saffordotaxis sp," Rhombopora simplex Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 "sp. A" - originally entered as "Rhombopora sp. A"
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Fistulipora compressa, Cheilotrypa sp., Cheilotrypa sp. Fistulipora compressa Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884 "sp. A" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. A" Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884 "sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B"
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Fenestella sp. Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Cryptostomata - Septoporidae	Thamniscus sp. Thamniscus sp. King 1849
Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae	Polypora sp., Penniretepora sp. Polypora sp. Penniretepora sp.
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae	Punctospirifer sp. Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella sp. Rhipidomella sp.
Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae	Tylothyris sp. Tylothyris sp. North 1920
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Composita globosa, Cleiothyridina parvirostra Composita globosa Weller 1914 Cleiothyridina parvirostra
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae	Rhynchopora beecheri Rhynchopora beecheri George 1904