Coal Cliff Mbr., Breathitt Group, type section, eastern Kentucky (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (36.8° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° S, 23.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coal Cliff Member (Alvy Creek Formation), Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)

• probably equivalent to Hensley Member, according to Chesnut, 1991

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified shale

• environmental interpretation based on Aitken & Flint

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. R. Chesnut, Jr. 1991. Paleontological survey of the Pennsylvanian rocks of the eastern Kentucky coal field: Part 1, invertebrates. Kentucky Geological Survey Information Circular XI(36):1-71 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 52864: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 24.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sevillea aff. trinucleata
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pseudoconocardium sp.
Pseudoconocardium sp. Zavodowsky 1960
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astartella concentrica
? Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp.
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp.
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam
 Pectinida -
"Pectinacea indet." = Pectinoidea
"Pectinacea indet." = Pectinoidea Rafinesque 1815 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten aff. germanus
Aviculopecten aff. germanus Miller and Faber 1892 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Lithophaga sp.
? Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis subrotunda
Nuculopsis subrotunda nut clam
Nuculopsis (Nuculanella)
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia prolongata
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
orthoconic nautiloid
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras sp.
Liroceras sp. Teichert 1940 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae
Ephippioceras ferratum
Ephippioceras ferratum Cox 1857 nautiloid
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
lirate turbinate gastropod
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira sp.
Retispira sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp.
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. n. sp., Borestus sp.
Worthenia sp. n. sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Borestus sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
? Euconospira sp.
? Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Mourlonia sp., Glabrocingulum sp., ? Gosseletina sp., Trepospira illinoisensis
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
? Gosseletina sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
[entered as Trepospira illinoiensis]
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
? Palaeostylus sp.
? Palaeostylus sp. Mansuy 1914 snail
Pseudozygopleura?
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp.
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
Straparollus (Euomphalus)
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Productida indet.
Productida indet. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
? Spiriferellina sp.
? Spiriferellina sp.
Punctospirifer?
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp., Composita sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia cf. miseri, Hustedia cf. mormoni
Hustedia cf. mormoni Marcou 1858