Gross Creek West 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 packstone

• Sheetlike packestone. Crinoidal packstone. Sheetlike layers with graded bedding

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 235967: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 30.08.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinitidae indet. Austin and Austin 1842 Sea lily