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 2827: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 21.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Hapsiphyllum cassedayi horn coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Dimegelasma sp. Cooper 1942 | |
Composita trinuclea Hall 1856 | |
Strophomenata | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 |