List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Coelocrinidae
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Agaricocrinus americanus
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Agaricocrinus crassus
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Cumberland |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 85.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.6° South, 33.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Payne Chert | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: late Osagean; the Fort Payne falls entirely within the Gnathodus texanus zone (Ausich and Meyer 1990), which in turn is Chadian to Arundian (Work and Mason 2004) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "sheetlike carbonate deposits" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Crinoids only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2009-08-18 20:00:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11. | D. L. Meyer and W. I. Ausich. 1997. Morphologic variation within and among populations of the camerate crinoid Agaricocrinus (Lower Mississippian, Kentucky and Tennessee): Breaking the spell of the mushroom. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):896-917 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |