Salem Ls., Taylor and Green Cos., KY: Meramecian, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis compressus
Hapsiphyllum sp. Simpson 1900
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia venusta
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus beecheri (Grabau 1899)
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
"indet. teeth" originally entered as "Shark (hybodont)" - originally entered as "Chondrichthyes indet. teeth"
Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Macrocrinus verneuillianus
Batocrinus sp. Casseday 1854
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Talarocrinus simplex
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821
Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites cf. princetonensis
originally entered as "Pentremites cf. princetonensis"
Pentremites conoideus Hall 1856
Blastoidea - Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Metablastus wortheni (Hall 1858)
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris norwoodi
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Gosseletina subglobosa (Miller 1877)
Rhineoderma wortheni (Hall 1856)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Bulimorpha bulimiformis (Hall 1858)
Bulimorpha elongata (Hall 1858)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Yunnania leavenworthana (Hall 1856)
recombined as Amaurotoma leavenworthana
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Anematina proutana (Hall 1856)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus spergenensis (Hall 1856)
[entered as Straparollus spergenesis]
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia indianensis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella minuta
Strophomenata - Productida - Sentosiidae
Stegacanthia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Setigerites sp.
Marginicinctus sp. Sutton 1938
Marginatia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer bifurcatus
Spirifer washingtonensis
Spirifer keokuk
Spirifer subaequalis
Spirifer tenuicostatus
Brachythyris suborbicularis (Hall 1858)
original and current combination Spirifer suborbicularis
Spirifer lateralis Hall 1858
recombined as Warsawia lateralis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris subcardiformis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer setigera
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetracameridae
Tetracamera grosvenori
Tetracamera arctirostrata
Tetracamera mutata
Tetracamera subcuneata
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma formosa
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Girtyella turgida
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella dubia (Hall 1856)
recombined as Perditocardinia dubia
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina spinosa (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria verneuiliana
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina hirsuta (Hall 1857)
Athyris densa Hall and Clarke 1894
recombined as Planalvus densa
Composita trinuclea (Hall 1856)
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Eridopora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora lineata
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Glyptopora sagenella
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora sp. Lonsdale 1844
originally entered as "Steopora sp."
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella tenax Ulrich 1888
recombined as Rectifenestella tenax
Fenestella rudis
Fenestella multispinosa
Fenestella serratula Ulrich 1890
Hemitrypa sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora simulatrix
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
Worthenopora sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Taylor and Green
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 85.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.2° South, 32.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
*Epoch:Meramecian
Key time interval:Meramecian
Age range of interval:343.10000 - 335.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Salem Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Mississippian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "carbonate"
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Environment:basinal (carbonate) Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:This list is a compilation of three tables of fauna collected from the entire Salem Limestone.
Metadata
Database number:2713
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:A. Webber
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-15 09:53:17 Last modified:2006-04-08 21:52:19
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-15 09:53:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
90. R. S. Taylor. 1968. Paleontology and Lithology of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in South-Central Kentucky. The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon 46(1):46-54 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]