Nada Mbr, Borden Fm., Locality 1 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.3° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° S, 31.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nada Member (Borden Formation), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Nada can be no older than Tn3b and is probably Tn3c (uppermost Tournasian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified, green shale and lithified, silty mudstone

• gray greenish shales interbedded with silty mudstones and siltstones

Reposited in the OSU

Primary reference: K.G. Lee, W. I. Ausich, and T.W. Kammer. 2005. Crinoids from the Nada Member of the Borden Formation (Lower Mississippian) in eastern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 79(2):337-355 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65685: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 24.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus dentatus
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Costalocrinus cornutus, Barycrinus spurius
Costalocrinus cornutus Owen and Schumard 1850 Sea lily
Barycrinus spurius Hall 1868 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Mastigocrinidae
Atelestocrinus kentuckyensis n. sp.
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Meniscocrinus sp.
Meniscocrinus sp. Ausich and Kammer 1996 Sea lily
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Taxocrinus spp.
Taxocrinus spp. Phillips 1843 Sea lily
 Camerata -
Camerata indet.
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
"Camerata incertae sedis"
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites scitulus, Actinocrinites eximius, Blairocrinus protuberatus n. sp.
Blairocrinus protuberatus n. sp. Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Uperocrinus acuminatus n. sp., Uperocrinus pyriformis, Aorocrinus nodulus n. sp., Macrocrinus konincki
Uperocrinus acuminatus n. sp. Sea lily
Uperocrinus pyriformis Shumard 1855 Sea lily
Aorocrinus nodulus n. sp. Sea lily
Macrocrinus konincki Shumard 1855 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Dorycrinus quinquelobus
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites glyptus, Platycrinites planus, Platycrinites spinifer
Platycrinites glyptus Sea lily
plus "numerous isolated plates"
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Rhodocrinites barrisi, Gilbertsocrinus ? tuberculosus