Jeffersonville Limestone (Falls of Ohio area): Eifelian, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites mundus
Favosites patellatus n. sp.
Favosites pirum
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum cylindricum
Pleurodictyum maximum
Pleurodictyum michelinoidea
Pleurodictyum papillosa
Pleurodictyum spiculata
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora ? gracilis
Trachypora tuberculata n. sp.
synonym of Thamnoptychia
Striatopora ? alba
Striatopora cavernosa
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Chonostegitidae
Chonostegites tabulatus
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora edithana
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Romingeriidae
Romingeria commutata
Romingeria fasciculata
Romingeria uva
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides plicatum
Cystiphylloides pustulatum
Skoliophyllum squamosum
original and current combination Cystiphylloides (Skoliophyllum)
Bucanophyllum ohioense
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Halliidae
Blothrophyllum sinuosum
Blothrophyllum tripinnatum
Blothrophyllum trisulcatum
Aulacophyllum mutabile
Aulacophyllum perlamellosum
Aulacophyllum pinnatum
Aulacophyllum sulcatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis duplicata
Heterophrentis inflata
Heterophrentis rafinesqui
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis planima
Siphonophrentis yandelli
Siphonophrentis elongata
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Zaphrenthis aequus
Zaphrenthis phrygia
Heliophyllum denticulatum
Heliophyllum incrassatum
Heliophyllum latericrescens
Heliophyllum venatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Eridophyllum apertum
Eridophyllum coagulatum
Eridophyllum conjunctum
Eridophyllum seriale Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae
Bethanyphyllum arctifossa
Bethanyphyllum pocillum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Craterophyllum ? latiradium
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma ? exile
Stereolasma parvulum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria bella
Hexagonaria curta
Hexagonaria ovoidea
Hexagonaria partita
Hexagonaria prisma
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Clark
Coordinates: 38.5° North, 85.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.9° South, 34.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*Period:Middle Devonian
Key time interval:Eifelian Brachiopod zone: Brevispirifer gregarious
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jeffersonville Limestone Member:Vernon Fork
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Brett, Baird, Bartholomew, DeSantis & Ver Straeten (2011): Brevispirifer gregarious zone is lower part of Vernon Fork member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: medium-grained buff limestone; 10 ft. zone above the coral zone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5703
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-11-17 07:35:02 Last modified:2023-08-24 16:38:56
Access level:the public Released:1999-11-17 07:35:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
350. E. C. Stumm. 1964. Silurian and Devonian Corals of the Falls of the Ohio. The Geological Society of America Memoir 93:1-184 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]