Kinser Pike, unit 7, Ramp Creek Fm, IN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, Indiana (39.3° N, 86.7° W: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ramp Creek Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• time subdivisions based on Ausich et al. 1994, Paleobiology 20: 345-361

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal, gray grainstone

• taken from figure 3 strat column: calcarenite, lt. gray, fine-grained, fossiliferous with orthotetes

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• faunal surveys taken at all units, only shale units collected for thin section study

Primary reference: D. A. Forbes. 1975. Depositional History of the Ramp Creek Formation and Harrodsburg Limestone (Mississippian) Kinser Pike Section, Monroe County, Indiana. 1-100 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 6673: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 09.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
shark teeth
Crinoidea
 Camerata -
Camerata indet.
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
camerate crinoids
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris cf. subcuspidatus
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cf. globosa
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer crawfordsvillensis, Spirifer keokuk, Spirifer montgomeryensis, Spirifer cf. veronensis, "Brachythyris suborbicularis" = Spirifer suborbicularis
"Brachythyris suborbicularis" = Spirifer suborbicularis Hall 1858
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp., Rhipidomella cf. tenuicosta
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Setigerites setigerus, Marginatia burlingtonensis
 Productida - Productellidae
Marginirugus magnus
Marginirugus magnus Meek and Worthen 1861
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus sp.
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia ovatus
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus altonensis
Linoproductus altonensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes keokuk
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Astropolithon
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Ichnofossil indet.
Ichnofossil indet. Dawson 1878
horizontal burrows