Sample 6 at Paris Landing, New Providence Shale, Stewart Co., TN (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Also known as IU 14651

Where: Stewart County, Tennessee (36.4° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 35.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, New Providence Shale Member (Borden Formation), Chadian to Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• JA: entered as "Osage" and with the New Providence Shale as a formation; the New Providence Shale falls within the Chadian to Arundian Gnathodus texanus zone and is a member of the Borden Formation (Work and Mason 2004)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, gray, calcareous shale

• calcareous shale, grayish orange to light gray, thin-bedded. very fossiliferous. limestone nodules in lowest 10 cm.

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: D. P. Smith. 1978. Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Basal New Providence Shale (Osagian: Mississippian) at Paris Landing, Tennessee. unpublished M.A. thesis, Indiana University 1-173 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6916: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 12.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

• crinoid and blastoid abundances were calculated from radial plates with each plate constituting 0.2 of an individual; isolated ossicles of other groups such as asteroids and ophiuroids were tabulated as 1 individual; brachiopod abundances were taken as total complete specimens; all ostracod valves constituted 0.5 of an individual
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unclassified
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Meilsonia ? sp., Pseudotythocyoris sp., Menoieidina sp., Allagecrinida sp., Ctenostoma sp., Nemtatopora sp., Michellinia sp.
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscella sp., Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithidella sp.
Griffithidella sp. Hessler 1965 trilobite
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus sp.
Brachymetopus sp. M'Coy 1847 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya fernglepensis
 Palaeocopida - Amphissellidae
Doraclatum sp.
Doraclatum sp. Stover 1956 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Tetrasacculus stewartae
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae
Kirkbyella sp.
Kirkbyella sp. Coryell and Booth 1933 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aechminellidae
Mauryella mammillata
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Graphiadactyllis sp.
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdiidae indet.
Healdiidae indet. Harlton 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp.
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Polychaeta
  -
Machaeridia indet.
Machaeridia indet. scale worm
machaeridian plates
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Fenestellida sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris parva
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
 Athyridida -
Athyridida sp.
Athyridida sp. Boucot et al. 1964
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira rowleyi
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Anopliopsis sp.
Anopliopsis sp. Girty 1938
 Productida - Productellidae
Geniculifera ? sp.
 Productida -
"Chonetida sp." = Chonetidina
"Chonetida sp." = Chonetidina Muir-Wood 1955
Chonetid sp. A
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella louisianensis
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp.
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet.
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
asteroid plates
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet.
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
holothuroidean sclerites
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinoid ossicles
Crinoidea
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet.
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Cyathocrinida - Streblocrinidae
Lampadosocrinus sp.
Lampadosocrinus sp. Strimple and Koenig 1956 Sea lily
 Allagecrinoidea - Allagecrinidae
Kallimorphocrinus sp.
Kallimorphocrinus sp. Weller 1930 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Hadroblastus sp.
Hadroblastus sp. Fay 1962 blastoid
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum deminutivum
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Permia sp." = Trochophyllum (Permia)
"Permia sp." = Trochophyllum (Permia) Stuckenberg 1895 horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral