Somerset Sh. Member, Salem Ls., IU16718, Green Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Green County, Kentucky (37.3° N, 85.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 32.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• 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 2822: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 21.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
 Productida - Productidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
? Girtyella sp. Weller 1911
originally entered as "Girtyella? sp."
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira conula Hall 1856 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre
"Platyceras acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
"Batocrinus spergenensis" = Glannearycrinus spergenensis Miller 1892 Sea lily