Salem Ls., Oolitic beds, Taylor Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Bed #12

Where: Taylor County, Kentucky (37.5° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 32.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Salem Limestone Formation, Meramecian (345.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Upper Mississippian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, ooidal packstone

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. S. Taylor. 1968. Paleontology and Lithology of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in South-Central Kentucky. The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon 46(1):46-54 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2711: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 15.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
? Savagellites lindahli ostracod
originally entered as "?Savagellites lindahli"
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
 Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia sp. Delo 1930 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Marginicinctus sp. Sutton 1938
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetracameridae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Anematina proutana Hall 1856 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Bulimorpha elongata Hall 1858 snail
Bulimorpha bulimiformis Hall 1858 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Rhineoderma wortheni Hall 1856 snail
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae