Somerset Sh. Member, Salem Ls., IU16720, 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 2827: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 21.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae
Dimegelasma sp. Cooper 1942
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae