East Quarry of the Coral Ridge Brick and Tile Company, Coral Rdige (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as (?)Indiana University 15173.

Where: Jefferson County, Kentucky (38.1° N, 85.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 33.1° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, Coral Ridge Member (New Providence Formation), Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• Probably now called Borden Formation, with New Providence member;

•[S.Peters]-unit is lower part of Osagean and is believed to be within the Chadian at this location

•Fascipericyclus–Ammonellipsites Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified, phosphatic, pyritic, gray, green, blue shale

• Shale, green-gray to blue-gray, with ironstone lenses, ironstone cone-in-cones, flat, variously shaped, dark gray to blue-gray, small ironstone nodules, some phosphatic nodules, rare and thin ferruginous and fossiliferous limestone lenses; pyritized, marcatized, and rarely silicified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• Author indicates in one species descriptiont that at least some samples were collected as bulk samples.

Primary reference: J. E. Conkin. 1957. Stratigraphy of New Providence Formatin (Mississippian) in Jefferson and Bullitt Counties, Kentucky, and fauna of the Coral Ridge Member. Bulletins of American Paleontology 38(168):109-157 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59889: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The "well known" fauna to which these crinoids belong also includes brachs, bryozoans, and corals.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Girtyella sp. Weller 1911
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
"Conocardium cancellatum" = Pseudomulceodens cancellatus
"Conocardium cancellatum" = Pseudomulceodens cancellatus Hyde 1953
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
"Sinuitina anneae n. sp." = Vorticina anneae
"Sinuitina anneae n. sp." = Vorticina anneae Conkin 1957 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
? Retispira sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Loxonema delphicola" = Palaeozygopleura delphicola
"Loxonema delphicola" = Palaeozygopleura delphicola Hall 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Bembexia ellenae n. sp." = Glabrocingulum ellenae
"Bembexia ellenae n. sp." = Glabrocingulum ellenae Conkin 1957 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Merocanites sp. Schindewolf 1922 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Pericyclus sp. Mojsisovics 1882 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Beyrichoceras sp. Foord 1903 ammonite
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Phillipsia sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Codasteridae
 Pentremitida - Orbitremitidae
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
"Orbitremites oppelti" = Granatocrinus granulatus
"Orbitremites oppelti" = Granatocrinus granulatus Romer 1851 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Sagenocrinida - Dactylocrinidae
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp. Miller 1820 jellyfish
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Neozaphrentis sp. Grove 1935 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites divergens tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral