Gross Creek shores, a tributary to Indian Creek (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as GC

Where: Clinton County, Kentucky (36.8° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, Fort Payne Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Sheetlike packestone. Crinoidal packstone. Sheetlike layers with graded bedding

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 6206: 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
Xyeleblastus magnificus, Deliablastus cumberlandensis, Granatocrinus granulatus
Xyeleblastus magnificus Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Deliablastus cumberlandensis Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Granatocrinus granulatus Romer 1851 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus planus
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus spp., Agaricocrinus americanus, Agaricocrinus crassus
Agaricocrinus spp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Abatocrinus "n. sp.", Abatocrinus grandis, Abatocrinus steropes, Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Uperocrinus nashvillae, Uperocrinus robustus, Magnuscrinus praegravis, Macrocrinus sp., Eretmocrinus ramulosus, Eretmocrinus magnificus
Abatocrinus "n. sp." Lane 1963 Sea lily
Abatocrinus grandis Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Abatocrinus steropes Hall 1859 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Uperocrinus nashvillae Hall 1858 Sea lily
Uperocrinus robustus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Magnuscrinus praegravis Miller 1892 Sea lily
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus ramulosus Hall 1858 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites gibsoni, Actinocrinites spp., Thinocrinus "lobate sp.", Thinocrinus "smooth sp.", Thinocrinus lowei
Actinocrinites spp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Thinocrinus "lobate sp." Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001 Sea lily
Thinocrinus "smooth sp." Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001 Sea lily
Thinocrinus lowei Hall 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites hemisphaericus, Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus
 Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Nipterocrinus monroensis
 Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus grandis n. sp.
Onychocrinus grandis n. sp. Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Holcocrinus "sp. 2"
Holcocrinus "sp. 2" Kirk 1945 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Scytalocrinus decadactylus
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis, Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus, Cyathocrinites asperrimus, Cyathocrinites farleyi
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sculptus, Barycrinus stellatus, Barycrinus rhombiferus
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus cumberlandensis, Halysiocrinus tunicatus
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae