Eucalyptocrinites tuberculatus Assoc., Basal Waldron Unit 4 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Indiana (39.5° N, 85.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 51.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waldron Shale Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• "Middle Wenlockian. In Tenn. the equiv. portion of the Waldron Member, Wayne Formation, is mostly in the Kockelella amsdeni Zone." Unit 4 (from bottom) of Frest (1977), which is one of five units within the basal 1 m of the Waldron.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone and calcareous shale

• "Most calyces spar filled..root systems and holdfasts common...fossils most concentrated within and near more strongly carbonate, skeletal debris-rich thin limestones of units 2 and 4, but are also concentrated in unit 4 near the tops of underlying masses of algal limestone, which, however, do not originate in this unit...most likely outer BA 3 to inner BA 4..."
• "fossils most concentrated within and near the more strongly carbonate, skeletal debris-rich thin limestones of units 2 and 4..." No specific fabric details given for unit 4. Figure 45.3 indicates "shaley limestone" and "calcareous shale/siltstone"

Collection methods: Table 45.39 lists abundances.

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 26794: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites forbesi tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Lithistida - Astylospongiidae
Astylospongia praemorsa Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticonema plebium" = Naticopsis plebeia
"Naticonema plebium" = Naticopsis plebeia Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella "crispa" Hisinger 1827
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira evax Hall 1863
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia)
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena "rhomboidalis" Wahlenberg 1818
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Cyclocystoidea
  - Cyclocystoididae
Sievertsia sp. Smith and Paul 1982
Crinoidea
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
 Sagenocrinida - Lecanocrinidae
 Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
 Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
 Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae
 Monobathrida -
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus Miller and Dyer 1878 blastoid