Sample 5 at Paris Landing, New Providence Shale, Stewart Co., TN (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Also known as IU 14651

Where: Stewart County, Tennessee (36.4° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 35.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, New Providence Shale Member (Borden Formation), Chadian to Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• JA: entered as "Osage" and with the New Providence Shale as a formation; the New Providence Shale falls within the Chadian to Arundian Gnathodus texanus zone and is a member of the Borden Formation (Work and Mason 2004)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, gray, calcareous shale

• calcareous shale, grayish orange to light gray, thin-bedded. very fossiliferous. limestone nodules in lowest 10 cm.

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: D. P. Smith. 1978. Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Basal New Providence Shale (Osagian: Mississippian) at Paris Landing, Tennessee. unpublished M.A. thesis, Indiana University 1-173 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6915: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 12.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

• crinoid and blastoid abundances were calculated from radial plates with each plate constituting 0.2 of an individual; isolated ossicles of other groups such as asteroids and ophiuroids were tabulated as 1 individual; brachiopod abundances were taken as total complete specimens; all ostracod valves constituted 0.5 of an individual
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unclassified
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Kallimorrhocrinus sp., Allagecrinida sp., Cyatbaxonia tantilla, Nucelospira rowleyi, Apopliopsis sp., Ctenostoma sp.
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae
Kirkbyella sp.
Kirkbyella sp. Coryell and Booth 1933 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Tetrasacculus stewartae
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdiidae indet.
Healdiidae indet. Harlton 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Quasillitidae ? indet., Graphiadactyllis sp.
Quasillitidae ? indet. Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithidella sp.
Griffithidella sp. Hessler 1965 trilobite
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Fenestellida sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora sp.
Nematopora sp. Ulrich 1888
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida -
Athyridida sp.
Athyridida sp. Boucot et al. 1964
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris parva
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina burlingtonensis
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
Strophomenata
 Productida -
"Chonetida sp." = Chonetidina
"Chonetida sp." = Chonetidina Muir-Wood 1955
Chonetid sp. A
 Productida - Productellidae
Geniculifera ? sp.
Polychaeta
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Machaeridia indet.
Machaeridia indet. scale worm
machaeridian plates
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp.
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Bembexia sp.
Bembexia sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
bivalve sp. A
Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
asteroid plates
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet.
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
ophiuroid ossicles
Holothuroidea
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Holothuroidea indet.
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
holothurian sclerites
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinoid ossicles
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Hadroblastus sp.
Hadroblastus sp. Fay 1962 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet.
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Inadunata -
Passalocrinus triangularis
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis enormis
Palaeacis enormis tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Permia sp." = Trochophyllum (Permia)
"Permia sp." = Trochophyllum (Permia) Stuckenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum deminutivum
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp., Ammodiscella sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895