Somerset Sh. Member, Salem Ls., IU16719, Adair Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Adair County, Kentucky (37.2° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° S, 32.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Somerset 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 2826: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 21.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora monroensis tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae
Dimegelasma sp. Cooper 1942
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
? Girtyella sp. Weller 1911
originally entered as "Girtyella? sp."
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus aff. asteriscus Sea lily
originally entered as "Barycrinus aff. asteriscus"
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Pentremites conoideus Hall 1856 blastoid
originally entered as "Pentrimites conoideus"