Sample 12 at Paris Landing, New Providence Shale, Stewart Co., TN (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Also known as IU 14652

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 yellowish gray, thin-bedded with ochre weathering in upper 18 cm. fossiliferous.

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 unpublished M.A. thesis, Indiana University 1-173 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details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 6922: 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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Ctenostoma sp., Stenoporida sp., Meilsonia ? sp.
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet.
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris parva
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
 Athyridida -
Athyridida sp.
Athyridida sp. Boucot et al. 1964
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Anopliopsis sp.
Anopliopsis sp. Girty 1938
 Productida - Productellidae
Geniculifera ? sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp.
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdiidae indet.
Healdiidae indet. Harlton 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Graphiadactyllis sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum deminutivum
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis enormis
Palaeacis enormis tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral