Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem: Meramecian, Indiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Blastoidea
- Troosticrinida
- Troosticrinidae
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Tricoelocrinus woodmani
Meek and Worthen 1868
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Bassler and Moodey 1943 | |||||||||
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Tergomya
- Archinacellida
- Metoptomatidae
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Patella levettei n. sp.
White 1882
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White 1882 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lepetopsis levettei | ||||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Bransoniidae
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Conocardium cuneatum
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
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= Conocardium conalatum
Branson 1942
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Branson 1942 | |||||||||
| recombined as Diedrorynchus conalatum | ||||||||||
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Conocardium carinatum
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Oxyprora carinatum | ||||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Conocardiidae
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Conocardium catastomum n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Leptoconocardium catastomum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon cancellatus
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| replaced by Retispira textilis | ||||||||||
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Bellerophon sublaevis n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| replaced by Bellerophon spergensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Elasmonematidae
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Holopea proutana n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Anematina proutana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
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Euomphalus planispira
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Serpulospira planispira | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Euomphalus quadrivolvis n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Straparollus quadrivolvis | ||||||||||
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Euomphalus spergenensis n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Straparollus spergenensis | ||||||||||
| includes Euomphalus spergensis n. ssp. planorbiformis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Microdomatidae
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Pleurotomaria leavenworthana n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Amaurotoma leavenworthana | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria subangulata n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Amaurotoma subangulatum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Bulimella elongata n. sp.
Hall 1858
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bulimorpha elongata | ||||||||||
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Bulimella bulimiformis
Hall 1858
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bulimorpha bulimiformis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Murchisonia insculpta n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Neilsonia insculpta | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria rotundata n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| replaced by Gosseletina subglobosa | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria swallovana n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stenoloron swallovana | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria nodulostriata n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rhineoderma nodulostriata | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria wortheni
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rhineoderma wortheni | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria humilis
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| synonym of Rhineoderma wortheni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria elegantula
(Hall 1856)
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Hall 1883 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euconospira elegantula | ||||||||||
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? Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) conula n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euconospira conula | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Luciellidae
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Pleurotomaria concava n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| replaced by Eotrochus tenuimarginatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Loxonema vincta n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Murchisonia vincta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Natica carleyana n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Naticopsis carleyana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithimorpha
- Orthonemidae
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Murchisonia turritella n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hypergonia turritella | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia attenuata n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hypergonia attenuata | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia vermicula n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hypergonia vermicula | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Bulimorpha canaliculata n. sp.
(Hall 1856)
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Girtyspira canaliculata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Loxonema yandellana n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudozygopleura yandellana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Pleurotomaria trilineata n. sp.
Hall 1856
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Hall 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platyzona trilineata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Indiana | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 38.6° North, 86.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.9° South, 32.4° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Meramecian | Conodont zone: | Taphrognathus varians |
| Age range of interval: | 343.10000 - 335.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Salem |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods and rostroconchs entered so far; updated taxonomic data needed before other groups can be entered. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 129910 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-02 02:19:11 | Last modified: | 2012-07-01 11:19:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-02 02:19:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16448. | R. P. Whitfield. 1882. On the fauna of the Lower Carboniferous limestones of Spergen Hill, Indiana, with a revision of the descriptions of its Fossils hitherto published, and illustrations of the species from the original type series. American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 1:39-97 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 20172 | R. S. Bassler and M. W. Moodey. 1943. Bibliographic and faunal index of Paleozoic pelmatozoan echinoderms. Geological Society of America Special Paper 45:1-734 [G. Webster/G. Webster/P. Wagner] | |
| 12033 | C. C. Branson. 1942. Correction of homonyms in the Lamellibranch genus Conocardium. Journal of Paleontology 16(3):387-392 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 15971 | J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 15982 | J. Hall. 1883. Untitled Contractual Obligation Memorandum. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 12:319-375 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 13220 | F. A. Roemer. 1855. Beiträge zur geologischen Kenntnis des nordwestlichen Harzbegirges. Paleontographica 5:1-44 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 15985 | C. A. White. 1882. Fossils of the Indiana focks, no. 2. Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History 11:347-401 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |