Abandoned quarry near Newsom Station: Wenlock, Tennessee

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhombifera - Caryocrinitidae
Caryocrinites persculptus
Caryocrinites sp. Say 1825
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae
Macrostylocrinus fasciatus
Macrostylocrinus striatus
Crinoidea - Monobathrida
Lobomelocrinus obconicus
Lobomelocrinus rugatus
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites crassus
Eucalyptocrinites caelatus
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae
Dimerocrinites occidentalis
Dimerocrinites inornatus
Dimerocrinites carleyi
Dimerocrinites sp. Phillips 1839
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Lyriocrinus melissa
Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Eohalysiocrinus stigmatus
Eohalysiocrinus sp. Prokop 1970
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Lecanocrinidae
Lecanocrinus pusillus
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Sagenocrinitidae
Sagenocrinites sp.
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Botryocrinus polyxa
Blastoidea - Coronata - Stephanocrinidae
Cupulocorona gemmiformis (Hall 1872)
Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Decaschisma pulchellum (Miller and Dyer 1878)
Cyclocystoidea - Cyclocystoididae
Sievertsia sp. Smith and Paul 1982
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia subplana
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia putillus
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella (Strophonella) semifasciata (Hall 1863)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Anastrophia (Savageina) internascens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa "reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina disparilis (Hall 1852)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus whitii
Stegerhynchus indianensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta americana (Hall 1879)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
Diabolirhynchia acinus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia stricklandi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina newsomensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Resserella elegantula (Dalman 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae
Merista nitida
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina rectirostra
Meristina maria (Hall 1863)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisiformis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira evax (Hall 1863)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
rostrospiroid
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella "crispa (Hisinger 1827)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
Hedeina eudora
Chileata - Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Dictyonella reticulata Hall 1868
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Rhombopteria (Newsomella) ulrichi n. sp. Foerste 1909
Foerste 1909
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea spp. Goldfuss 1832
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteria (Newsomella) divaricata
Foerste 1909
listed as Newsomella revoluta-divaricata (Foerste)
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
unclassified
Saccocrinus christyi
Saccocrinus sp.
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Naticonema niagarense (Hall 1852)
Strophostylus cyclostomus Hall 1864
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus delphinocephalus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus niagarensis (Hall 1868)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites vigilans
Dalmanites verrucosus
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis christyi
Anthozoa
Tabulata indet. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites forbesi
Favosites spinigerus
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Tennessee County:Davidson
Coordinates: 36.1° North, 87.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° South, 54.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Wenlock
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
*Epoch:Middle Wenlock
Key time interval: Wenlock
Age range of interval: 433.4 - 427.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wayne Member:Waldron
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "Middle Wenlockian. Barrick (1983) placed the Waldron Member near the top of the Kockelella amsdeni Zone."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal argillaceous wackestone
Secondary lithology: packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The most common lithology is skeletal wackestone with 30-50% fossil debris and a siliciclastic mud matrix, but thin limestones with packstone-grainstone textures occur also, especially near the center of the unit. Tyhpicially, each unit is less than 3 cm thick and shows a considerable lateral continuity."
Environment:deep subtidal ramp Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "echionderms rarely preserved with appendages or columns attached, but whole cups or thecae more common in most units than isolated plates...holdfasts and root systems common...the average higher echinoderm and brachiopod diversity (as compared to Indiana sites), faunal composition, and apprent rarity of storm-caused disturbance, are suggestive of a BA 4 to ouer BA 3 position. A Boucot notes that the brachiopod fauna also indicate a BA 3-4 boundary position."
SEP environmental call based on given info
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Table 45.37 lists abundances for fauna at Newsome Station Quarry. I have also included one additional genus mentioned in text but not listed in table.
Metadata
Also known as:Eucalyptocrinites crassus-Cupulocorona-Caryocrinites persculptus Association
Database number:26788
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-10-31 14:53:13 Last modified:2024-01-19 15:07:51
Access level:the public Released:2002-10-31 14:53:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4379. T. J. Frest, C. E. Brett, and B. J. Witzke. 1999. Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 638-783 [M. Foote/K. Koverman/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

20835 A. F. Foerste. 1909. Fossils from the Silurian Formations of Tennessee, Indiana and Kentucky. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14(6):61-107 [G. Webster/G. Webster]