Allens Creek, float. Skeletal carbonate bank facies (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Skeletal carbonate bank facies; monobathrid-disparid community; Allens Creek, float, 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)

• group of beds-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.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: 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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details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 2455: 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 347.
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unclassified
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Hondichnus monroensis, "endothyrid" indet., "Metazoa indet." = Animalia, "Metazoa indet." = Animalia
"Metazoa indet." = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
"indet. C" - originally entered as "trace fossil indet. C"
"Metazoa indet." = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
"indet. E" - originally entered as "trace fossil indet. E"
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus beecheri
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. A" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis sp. A"
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia cyndon
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae
? Dictyospongia sp.
? Dictyospongia sp. Hall and Clarke 1899 glass sponge
originally entered as "Dictyospongia? sp."
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Haplistion armstrongi
Haplistion armstrongi Young and Young 1877 demosponge
Asteroidea
 Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae
Neopalaeaster ? crawfordsvillensis
Neopalaeaster ? crawfordsvillensis Miller 1880 sea star
originally entered as "Neopalaeaster crawfordsvillensis?"
Blastoidea
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
"Granatocrinus ? granulosus" = Poroblastus granulosus
"Granatocrinus ? granulosus" = Poroblastus granulosus Meek and Worthen 1865 blastoid
originally entered as "Grantocrinus granulosus?"
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites saffordi
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Macrocrinus strotobasilaris, Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Eretmocrinus ? cassedayanus, Eretmocrinus magnificus, Abatocrinus grandis
Macrocrinus strotobasilaris Ausich and Lane 1982 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus ? cassedayanus Sea lily
originally entered as "Eretmocrinus cassedayanus?"
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Abatocrinus grandis Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus americanus, Dorycrinus gouldi
 Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae
Amphoracrinus sp.
Amphoracrinus sp. Austin 1848 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites gibsoni, Actinocrinites grandissimus
 Allagecrinacea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus turbinatus
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus tunicatus
 Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Nipterocrinus monroensis
 Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus sp.
Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Onychocrinus sp. A"
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Hypselocrinus indianensis, Hypselocrinus sp.
Hypselocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Hypselocrinus sp. B"
 Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae
Abrotocrinus nodosus
 Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae
? Springericrinus ? doris
? Springericrinus ? doris Sea lily
originally entered as "Springericrinus? doris?"
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus asteriscus, Barycrinus hoveyi
unclassified
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Chordata indet.
Chordata indet. Haeckel 1874
Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Chomatodus sp.
Chomatodus sp. Agassiz 1838 chimaera
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis
"Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail
originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis"
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Phractopora sp.
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cheilotrypa sp., Fistulipora compressa
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B"
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Ptylopora sp.
Ptylopora sp. McCoy 1844
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora beecheri
 Spiriferida - Imbrexiidae
Imbrexia montgomeryensis
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer ? floydensis
Spirifer ? floydensis
originally entered as "Spirifer floydensis?"
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris sp.
Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina obmaxima
Cleiothyridina obmaxima McChesney 1861
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.