Fort Payne Fm., Harmon Creek locality, H6-E.3, Wayne Co., KY: Chadian, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| "indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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1 individual | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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18 individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Synbathocrinidae
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Synbathocrinus sp.
Phillips 1836
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Cyathocrinitidae
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Cyathocrinites sp.
Miller 1821
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Crinoidea
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Camerata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Actinocrinitidae
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Actinocrinites sp.
Miller 1821
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Batocrinidae
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? Eretmocrinus sp.
Lyon and Casseday 1859
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| "indet. bilaminate" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. bilaminate" | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| "indet. ramose" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. ramose" | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| "indet. "rhynchonelliforms" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhynchonelliforms" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer sp.
North 1920
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina sp.
Buckman 1906
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella sp.
Girty 1904
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Araksalosiidae
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Quadratia sp.
Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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unclassified
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spiriferidines indet.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Brachymetopidae
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Australosutura sp.
Campbell and Goldring 1960
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Wayne |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° North, 85.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° South, 32.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 | *Epoch: | Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Chadian | *Local age/stage: | Keokuk |
| Key time interval: | Chadian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 346.7 - 340.2 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Payne Chert | ||||
| Local section: | Harmon Creek | Local bed: | H6-E.3 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Mississippian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic,green lithified silty "shale" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | packstone | ||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
| Geology comments: The green clay shale facies at this location represent the middle to upper part of a carbonate (wackestone) buildup. | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Echinoderms and other fauna are given in two separate appendices. All echinoderms are listed as present/absent. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2677 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-14 09:52:24 | Last modified: | 2004-03-13 22:45:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75. | W. A. Norris. 1991. Paleoecology and Paleocommunity Analysis of Green Shale Faunas from the Fort Payne Formation (Lower Mississippian) of South-central Kentucky and North-central Tennessee. 1-226 [A. Miller/A. Webber/M. Uhen] |