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"
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Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Cladoconus sp."
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
? Cyathaxonia sp.
? Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
originally entered as "? Cyathaxonia sp."
Crinoidea
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp.
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp.
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus sp.
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp.
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus sp.
Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus sp.
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp.
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
originally entered as "Fretmocrinus sp."
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp., Platycrinites sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinocystitoidid echinoid
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cheilotrypa sp., Fistulipora sp.
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp., Hemitrypa sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
Worthenopora sp.
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp.
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
stenoporoid
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya sp.
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp.
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer cf. mundulus, Spirifer washingtonensis
Spirifer cf. mundulus
originally entered as "Spirifer cf. Mundulus"
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris textus
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Setigerites sp., Marginatia sp.
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp.
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes keokuk
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp.
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp.
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Spiroscala sp.
Spiroscala sp. Knight 1945 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
? Griffithides sp.
? Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
originally entered as "? Griffithides sp."