Owens Branch Wackestone Buildup (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Clinton County, Kentucky (36.8° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 33.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Payne Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal wackestone

• laterally isolated facies with a positive topographic relief during deposition

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU, USNM

Primary reference: E. C. Rhenberg, W. I. Ausich, and D. L. Meyer. 2016. Actinocrinitidae from the Lower Mississippian Fort Payne Formation of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama (Crinoidea, ViseĢan). Journal of Paleontology 90(6):1148-1159more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235962: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 30.08.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinitidae indet., Thinocrinus probolos, Thinocrinus indet., Thinocrinus lowei, Thinocrinus gibsoni
Actinocrinitidae indet. Austin and Austin 1842 Sea lily
Thinocrinus indet. Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001 Sea lily
Thinocrinus lowei Hall 1859 Sea lily
Thinocrinus gibsoni Miller and Gurley 1893 Sea lily