Locality 10, Bed 1, Oolitic Quad, Harrodsburg Formation, Lawrence Co. Indiana (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as I. U. locality 17451

Where: Lawrence County, Indiana (38.9° N, 86.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 32.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Harrodsburg Limestone Formation, Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray wackestone and lime mudstone

• medium gray wackestone to rudstone with very thin mudstone parting; weathers medium olive gray

Collection methods: A substantial collection of the macrofauna of the Ramp Creek Formation and Harrodsburg Limestone, assembled by J. J. Galloway in the middle of this century and housed at Indiana University, was examined for comparative purposes and used as supplementary material for photography.

Primary reference: D. S. Hirt. 1988. Occurrence and Biochronology of Middle Missississian Brachiopods of the Ramp Creek Formation and Harrodsburg Limestone, Indiana and Kentucky. 1-130 [A. Miller/D. Carlson/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 6826: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Donna Carlson on 27.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

• Based on Appendix C. Stratigraphic columns and their Descriptions.
unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"? Brachythyris suborbicularis" = Spirifer suborbicularis
"? Brachythyris suborbicularis" = Spirifer suborbicularis Hall 1858
 Spiriferida - Imbrexiidae
Imbrexia aff. montgomeryensis
"Imbrexia aff. M. montgomeryensis"
 Spiriferida - Elythidae