Highway 61S (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Also known as Hwy 61RS; Hwy 61S

Where: Cumberland County, Kentucky (36.7° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 33.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, Fort Payne Chert Formation, Osagean to Osagean (352.0 - 340.0 Ma)

• JA: originally entered as late Osagean; falls entirely within the Gnathodus texanus zone (Ausich and Meyer 1990), which in turn is Chadian to Arundian (Work and Mason 2004)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal packstone

• crinoids collected from one of four facies within the fort payne; at this locality, the facies is sheetlike packestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU, USNM

Primary reference: W. I. Ausich and D. L. Meyer. 1992. Crinoidea Flexibilia (Echinodermata) from the Fort Payne Formation (Lower Mississippian; Kentucky and Tennessee). Journal of Paleontology 66(5):825-838 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6201: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 08.02.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• only taxa corresponding with locality information included in the appendix to the paper were entered into the database (several taxa were listed as additional Fort Payne species, but no specific locality information was available)
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Blastoidea
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Granatocrinus granulatus, Deliablastus cumberlandensis
Granatocrinus granulatus Romer 1851 blastoid
Deliablastus cumberlandensis Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus, Platycrinites hemisphaericus
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Macrocrinus sp., Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Eretmocrinus ramulosus, Eretmocrinus magnificus, Uperocrinus robustus, Uperocrinus nashvillae, Magnuscrinus praegravis
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus ramulosus Hall 1858 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Uperocrinus robustus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Uperocrinus nashvillae Hall 1858 Sea lily
Magnuscrinus praegravis Miller 1892 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus spp., Agaricocrinus americanus, Agaricocrinus crassus, Dorycrinus gouldi
Agaricocrinus spp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites gibsoni
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus
 Allagecrinacea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus cumberlandensis, Halysiocrinus tunicatus
 Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae
Mespilocrinus kentuckyensis n. sp., Mespilocrinus romingeri
 Dendrocrinida - Adinocrinidae
Adinocrinus nodosus
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis, Cyathocrinites spp., Cyathocrinites kelloggi, Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
Cyathocrinites spp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Costalocrinus cornutus, Barycrinus spp., Barycrinus stellatus, Barycrinus spurius
Costalocrinus cornutus Owen and Schumard 1850 Sea lily
Barycrinus spp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
Barycrinus spurius Hall 1868 Sea lily