Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (37.6° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 21.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kendrick shale Member (Breathitt Formation), Middle Pennsylvanian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular, gray, blue, calcareous shale

• Shale, dark blue-gray, calcareous, with abundant fossils; small calcareous concretions, many containing fossils; detrital plant remains common on bedding planes; weathers black.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: C. H. Summerson and L. J. Campbell. 1958. Holothurian Sclerites from the Kendrick Shale of Eastern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):961-969 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97880: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.09.2010, edited by Pedro Monarrez

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Holothuroidea
 Elasipodida - Palaeocaudinidae
"Protocaudina kansasensis" = Palaeocaudina kansasensis
"Protocaudina kansasensis" = Palaeocaudina kansasensis Hanna 1930 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Theelia hexacneme n. sp.
Theelia hexacneme n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Achistridae
"Achistrum brownwoodensis" = Achistrum (Achistrum) brownwoodensis, Achistrum nicholsoni, Achistrum ludwigi, Achistrum monochordata
"Achistrum brownwoodensis" = Achistrum (Achistrum) brownwoodensis Croneis and McCormack 1932 sea cucumber
Achistrum nicholsoni Etheridge 1881 sea cucumber
Achistrum ludwigi Croneis and McCormack 1932 sea cucumber
Achistrum monochordata Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Petropegia spinosa n. sp., Petropegia radiata n. sp., "Thuroholia gutschicki" = Eocaudina gutschicki, "Thuroholia mccormacki" = Eocaudina mccormacki, Thuroholia sp., Thuroholia floydensis n. sp., Thuroholia wanlessi n. sp., Thuroholia croneisi, Thuroholia irregularis n. sp.
Petropegia spinosa n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
Petropegia radiata n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
"Thuroholia gutschicki" = Eocaudina gutschicki Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
"Thuroholia mccormacki" = Eocaudina mccormacki Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
Thuroholia sp. Gutschick 1954 sea cucumber
Thuroholia floydensis n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
Thuroholia wanlessi n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
Thuroholia croneisi Gutschick 1954 sea cucumber
Thuroholia irregularis n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
  - Etheridgellidae
Etheridgella biconvexa n. sp.
Etheridgella biconvexa n. sp. Summerson and Campbell 1958 sea cucumber
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Eolissochonetes morsei
Eolissochonetes morsei Hoare et al. 1979
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Productida -
Marginifera sp.
Marginifera sp. Waagen 1884
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyranella sp.