Indian Wells Canyon, Sacramento Mtns (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Sierra County, New Mexico (32.9° N, 105.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.0° S, 50.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nunn Member (Lake Valley Formation), Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

• Waulsortian mudmounds, fenestrate bryozoan cementstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by Macurda, D.B.; Laudon, L. R.

Primary reference: E. C. Rhenberg and T. W. Kammer. 2013. Camerate crinoids from the Nunn Member (Tournaisian, Osagean) of the Lower Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 87(2):312-340more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235905: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 23.08.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Rhodocrinites tuberculatus
Rhodocrinites tuberculatus Wachsmuth and Springer 1893 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp., Strimplecrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
Strimplecrinus sp. Broadhead 1981 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Abatocrinus clypeatus, Eretmocrinus christyi
Abatocrinus clypeatus Hall 1858 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Sunwaptacrinidae
Displodocrinus divergens
Displodocrinus divergens Hall 1860 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Steganocrinus pentagonus, Physetocrinus copei, Physetocrinus lobatus, Cactocrinus multibrachialis, Cactocrinus proboscidialis, Nunnacrinus dalyanus
Steganocrinus pentagonus Hall 1858 Sea lily
Physetocrinus copei Miller 1881 Sea lily
Physetocrinus lobatus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Cactocrinus multibrachialis Hall 1858 Sea lily
Cactocrinus proboscidialis Hall 1858 Sea lily
Nunnacrinus dalyanus Bowsher 1955 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus bullatus, Agaricocrinus alamogordoensis, Agaricocrinus planoconvexus
Agaricocrinus bullatus Hall 1858 Sea lily
Agaricocrinus alamogordoensis Rhenberg and Kammer 2013 Sea lily
Agaricocrinus planoconvexus Hall 1861 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Eucladocrinus pleurovimenus, Platycrinites burlingtonensis, "Platycrinites peculiaris" = Platycrinus peculiaris, "Platycrinites illinoisensis" = Platycrinus illinoisensis, Oenochoacrinus limbus, Elegantocrinus canaliculatus, Elegantocrinus pocilliformis, Plemnocrinus bullatus, Plemnocrinus homalus, Pleurocrinus quinquenodus
Eucladocrinus pleurovimenus White 1862 Sea lily
Platycrinites burlingtonensis Owen and Shumard 1850 Sea lily
"Platycrinites peculiaris" = Platycrinus peculiaris Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
"Platycrinites illinoisensis" = Platycrinus illinoisensis Miller and Gurley 1896 Sea lily
Oenochoacrinus limbus Webster and Lane 1987 Sea lily
Plemnocrinus bullatus Kirk 1946 Sea lily
Plemnocrinus homalus Kirk 1946 Sea lily
Pleurocrinus quinquenodus White 1862 Sea lily