Fort Payne Fm., Harmon Creek locality, H3-A.5, Wayne Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, Kentucky (36.9° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Payne Chert Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• Lower Mississippian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, glauconitic, phosphatic, green shale

• The green clay shale facies at this location represent the lower part of a carbonate (wackestone) buildup.

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. A. Norris. 1991. Paleoecology and Paleocommunity Analysis of Green Shale Faunas from the Fort Payne Formation (Lower Mississippian) of South-central Kentucky and North-central Tennessee. 1-226 [A. Miller/A. Webber/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2644: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 13.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinoderms and other fauna are given in two separate appendices. All echinoderms are listed as present/absent.
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unclassified
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spiriferidines indet.
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Australosutura sp.
Australosutura sp. Campbell and Goldring 1960 trilobite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria sp., Streblochondria sp.
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851 scallop
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
? Nucleospira sp.
? Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
originally entered as "Nucleospira? sp."
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productidae
Marginatia sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp.
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"indet. bilaminate" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. bilaminate"
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"indet. ramose" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. ramose"
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet., Fenestrata indet.
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
"indet. pinnate" - originally entered as "Fenestrata indet. pinnate"
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
"indet. anastomosing" - originally entered as "Fenestrata indet. anastomosing"
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus crassus
Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"