Somerset Sh. Member, Salem Ls., IU16714 & IU10887, Hardin Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Hardin County, Kentucky (37.8° N, 85.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° S, 32.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Somerset Shale Member (Salem Limestone Formation), Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)

• Lower Mississippian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified, gray, calcareous shale and packstone

Collection methods: Surface collections were made, but it is unknown if they were float or in situ.

Primary reference: H. R. Feldman. 1987. Facies Faunas of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky. Southeastern Geology 27(3):171-183 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2780: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 20.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus aff. asteriscus
Barycrinus aff. asteriscus Sea lily
originally entered as "Barycrinus aff. asteriscus"
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
"Batocrinus spergenensis" = Glannearycrinus spergenensis, Eretmocrinus sp., Dizygocrinus whitei, Dizygocrinus sp., Batocrinus icosodactylus
"Batocrinus spergenensis" = Glannearycrinus spergenensis Miller 1892 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Dizygocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Dizygocrinus sp. A"
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus simplex
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites bonoensis, Camptocrinus sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Metablastus aff. wortheni, Diploblastus sp.
Metablastus aff. wortheni Hall 1858 blastoid
originally entered as "Metablastus aff. wortheni"
Diploblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites conoideus
Pentremites conoideus Hall 1856 blastoid
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer pseudolineatus
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer bifurcatus, Spirifer tenuicostatus, Spirifer washingtonensis
 Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae
Dimegelasma sp.
Dimegelasma sp. Cooper 1942
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina salemensis
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria verneuliana
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina hirsuta, Composita trinuclea
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia mutata
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
? Girtyella sp.
? Girtyella sp. Weller 1911
originally entered as "Girtyella? sp."
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida - Productidae
Setigerites setiger
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora spergenensis
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Hemitrypa sp., Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya lineata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre
"Platyceras acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Hapsiphyllum cassedayi
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis cuniformis
Palaeacis cuniformis tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus beecheri
Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral