Fort Payne Fm., Harmon Creek locality, H3-A6.5, 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 2672: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 14.07.1999

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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"granatocrinitid" indet., spiriferidines indet., Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora sp.
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus crassus
Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Blastoidea
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Dentiblastus sp.
Dentiblastus sp. Macurda 1964 blastoid
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
 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"
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet., Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"indet. inarticulates" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. inarticulates"
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"indet. "rhipidomorphs" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhipidomorphs"
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer indet.
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhytiophora sp.
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp., Streblopteria sp.
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851 scallop
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Australosutura sp.
Australosutura sp. Campbell and Goldring 1960 trilobite
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod