Fort Payne Fm., Rogers Cemetary East locality, RCE-E3, 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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spiriferidines indet.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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reticulariacean indet.
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| "indet. sp. A" - originally entered as "reticulariacean indet. sp. A" | ||||||||||
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rostroconch indet.
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Pyrgiidae
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Cladochonus crassus
(McCoy 1847)
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Cladochonus beecheri
(Grabau 1899)
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Amplexus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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1 grid-count | |||||||||
| "indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules" | ||||||||||
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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39 grid-count | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Inadunata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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| "indet. poteriocrine" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine" | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Cyathocrinitidae
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Cyathocrinites sp.
Miller 1821
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Crinoidea
- Botryocrinidae
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Barycrinus sp.
Meeke and Worthen 1868
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Crinoidea
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Flexibilia indet.
Zittel 1895
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Crinoidea
- Calceocrinida
- Calceocrinidae
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Halysiocrinus sp.
Ulrich 1886
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Crinoidea
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Camerata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Platycrinitidae
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Platycrinites sp.
Miller 1821
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Batocrinidae
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Eretmocrinus sp.
Lyon and Casseday 1859
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Actinocrinitidae
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Actinocrinites sp.
Miller 1821
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Coelocrinidae
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Agaricocrinus sp.
Austin 1851
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras sp.
Conrad 1840
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Cypricardiniidae
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Cypricardinia sp.
Hall 1860
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1 individual | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| "indet. "rhipidomorphs" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhipidomorphs" | ||||||||||
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| "indet. "rhynchonelliform" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhynchonelliform" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Araksalosiidae
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Quadratia sp.
Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Rhytiophora sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Marginatia sp.
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Rugosochonetes sp.
Sokolskaja 1950
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella sp.
Girty 1904
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina sp.
Buckman 1906
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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1 grid-count | |||||||||
| "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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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| "indet. encrusting" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. encrusting" | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Septoporidae
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Thamniscus sp.
King 1849
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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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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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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4 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: | 346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Payne Chert | ||||
| Local section: | Rogers Cemetary East | Local bed: | RCE-E3 | ||
| 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 locality 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 are listed separately from other fauna, and are only given as present/absent. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2680 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-14 11:25:39 | 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] |