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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Batocrinus sp. Casseday 1854
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821
Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
originally entered as "Pentremites cf. princetonensis"
Blastoidea - Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Chondrichthyes
"indet. teeth" originally entered as "Shark (hybodont)" - originally entered as "Chondrichthyes indet. teeth"
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
originally entered as "Steopora sp."
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella tenax Ulrich 1888
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris densa Hall and Clarke 1894
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina spinosa (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella dubia (Hall 1856)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetracameridae
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Sentosiidae
Stegacanthia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
[entered as Straparollus spergenesis]
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Hapsiphyllum sp. Simpson 1900
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus beecheri (Grabau 1899)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Taylor and Green
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 85.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.8° South, 50.5° West (Wright 2013)
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: 342.9 - 335.4 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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-15 09:53:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]