PBDB Collection

Allens Creek, IU 15114-14000 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Skeletal carbonate bank facies; monobathrid-disparid community; Allens Creek, IU 15114-14000, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., IN

Where: Monroe County, Indiana (39.0° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 20.7° S, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Edwardsville Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• 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.

Size class: macrofossils

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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details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 2257: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 29.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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 383. Total biovolume abundance is 1831.2673.

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unclassified
-	"stenoporid" indet. "stenoporid" indet. "indet. sp. B" - originally entered as "stenoporid indet. sp. B"
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia cyndon Cyathaxonia cyndon horn coral
Stauriida - Antiphyllidae	Rotiphyllum sp. Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral
Auloporida - Pyrgiidae	Cladochonus beecheri Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
unclassified
-	Porifera indet. Porifera indet. Grant 1836 "indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Asterozoa
-	"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa "Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa von Zittel 1895
Blastoidea
Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae	"Granatocrinus ? granulosus" = Poroblastus granulosus "Granatocrinus ? granulosus" = Poroblastus granulosus Meek and Worthen 1865 blastoid originally entered as "Grantocrinus granulosus?"
Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Inadunata -	Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet. 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
Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae	Halysiocrinus tunicatus Halysiocrinus tunicatus Sea lily
Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae	Synbathocrinus swallovi Synbathocrinus swallovi Sea lily
Cladida - Botryocrinidae	Barycrinus asteriscus, Barycrinus cornutus, Barycrinus hoveyi Barycrinus asteriscus Sea lily Barycrinus cornutus Sea lily Barycrinus hoveyi Sea lily
Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae	Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Sea lily
Flexibilia -	Flexibilia indet. Flexibilia indet. Sea lily
Camerata -	Camerata indet., Camerata indet. Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily "indet. monobathrid sp. A" - originally entered as "Camerata indet. monobathrid sp. A" Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae	Actinocrinites gibsoni Actinocrinites gibsoni Sea lily
Monobathrida - Batocrinidae	Eretmocrinus magnificus Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae	Dorycrinus gouldi Dorycrinus gouldi Sea lily
Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae	Paradichocrinus planus Paradichocrinus planus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae	Platycrinites hemisphericus, Platycrinites sp. Platycrinites hemisphericus Sea lily Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily "sp. A" - originally entered as "Platycrinites sp. A"
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Fenestella sp. Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Fenestrata -	Fenestrata indet. Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
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	Rhombopora sp. Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 "sp. A" - originally entered as "Rhombopora sp. A"
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Cheilotrypa sp. Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884 "sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B"
Brachiopoda
-	Brachiopoda indet. Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
Productida -	Productoidea indet. Productoidea indet. Gray 1840
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae	Rhynchopora beecheri Rhynchopora beecheri George 1904
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Platyceras sp., "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre, "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostra" "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis"