PBDB Collection

Allens Creek, IU 15122, 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details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 2448: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 05.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The fauna from this locality are part of the carbonate bank community of Ausich, Kammer, and Lane, 1979. See reference #558. This has also been termed the monobathrid-disparid crinoid community by the author. Total numeric abundance is 118917. Total biovolume abundance 1703.0032.

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unclassified
-	"stenoporid" indet., conodontiphorida indet., "lithisitid" indet., Porifera indet. "stenoporid" indet. "indet. sp. A" - originally entered as "stenoporid indet. sp. A" conodontiphorida indet. "lithisitid" indet. "indet. sp. n.?" - originally entered as "lithisitid indet. sp. n.?" Porifera indet. Grant 1836 "indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"
Anthozoa
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Striatopora sp. Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Auloporida - Pyrgiidae	Cladochonus longi, Cladochonus beecheri Cladochonus longi tabulate coral Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
Stauriida - Antiphyllidae	Rotiphyllum sp. Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn 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
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
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 - Dichocrinidae	Paradichocrinus planus Paradichocrinus planus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae	Amphoracrinus sp. Amphoracrinus sp. Austin 1848 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae	Actinocrinites gibsoni Actinocrinites gibsoni Sea lily
Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae	Platycrinites saffordi Platycrinites saffordi Sea lily
Inadunata -	Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet. 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
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
Cladida - Botryocrinidae	Barycrinus asperrimus, Barycrinus cornutus Barycrinus asperrimus Sea lily Barycrinus cornutus Sea lily
Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae	Halysiocrinus tunicatus Halysiocrinus tunicatus Sea lily
Disparida - Synbathocrinidae	Synbathocrinus swallovi Synbathocrinus swallovi Sea lily
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Bairdiidae	? Bairdia sp. ? Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod originally entered as "Bairdia? sp."
Brachiopoda
-	Brachiopoda indet. Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
Productida -	Productoidea indet. Productoidea indet. Gray 1840
Rhynchonellata
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina obmaxima Cleiothyridina obmaxima McChesney 1861
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Cheilotrypa sp., Fistulipora compressus Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884 "sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B" Fistulipora compressus
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.
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Fenestella sp. Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae	Penniretepora sp. Penniretepora sp.
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Platyceras sp., "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis, "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre"
Bivalvia
Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae	Cypricardinia scitula Cypricardinia scitula clam
Foraminifera
Foraminifera -	Foraminifera indet. Foraminifera indet. foram
Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae	Thuramminoides sp. Thuramminoides sp. Plummer 1945
Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae	Tolypammina sp. Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895