Where: Indiana (39.5° N, 85.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.8° S, 87.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laurel Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• "Formational assignment of the strat with this community is somewhat problematic. At most outcrops, the Laurel-Waldron contact is abrupt and has low relief, even though in many places it is a hardground. At Sandusky and elsewhere it is more gradiational. The unit was termed the 'transitional beds' by Frest (1977) and assigned, somewhat arbitrarily, to the Laurel because of the mixed fauna and predominantly carbonate lithology."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shelly/skeletal grainstone and shelly/skeletal packstone

Collection methods: Taxa listed with abundances in table 45.35. Three taxa, mentioned in text but not listed in table, have been added.

Primary reference: T. J. Frest, C. E. Brett, and B. J. Witzke. 1999. Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 638-783 [M. Foote/K. Koverman/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26778: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 31.10.2002

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