Fort Payne Fm., Blacks Ferry locality, BF9-L, Cumberland Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Cumberland County, Kentucky (36.7° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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, green shale

• The green clay shale facies at this locality represent part of a green shale mound.

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 2689: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 14.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinderms are listed separately from other fauna, and are given as present/absent.
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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus crassus, Cladochonus beecheri
Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral
Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp.
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhytiophora sp.
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Bryozoa
  -
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
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Australosutura sp.
Australosutura sp. Campbell and Goldring 1960 trilobite
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
 Camerata -
Camerata indet.
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet.
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine"
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus sp.
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Hadroblastus sp.
Hadroblastus sp. Fay 1962 blastoid
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Dentiblastus sp.
Dentiblastus sp. Macurda 1964 blastoid