Delta slope community, Carwood Fm. (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Indiana (38.5° N, 85.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Carwood Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• "Mid. Miss. (Osage)"

Environment/lithology: delta front; sandstone and shale

• "Siltstone-sandstone, possible turbidites. delta slope, unstable bottom. BA4"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Kammer, C. E. Brett, D. R. Boardman and R. H. Mapes. 1984. Ecologic stability of the dysaerobic biofacies during the Late Paleozoic. 19(2):109-121 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 567: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ausich et al. 1979. Composite of six sections"
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
? Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
originally entered as "? Cyathaxonia sp."
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Cladoconus sp."
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinocystitoidid echinoid
Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
originally entered as "Fretmocrinus sp."
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886 Sea lily
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
? Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
originally entered as "? Griffithides sp."
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Spiroscala sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer cf. mundulus
originally entered as "Spirifer cf. Mundulus"
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
stenoporoid
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae