Where: Indiana (39.3° N, 86.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 32.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Edwardsville Formation, Chadian to Chadian (345.3 - 342.8 Ma)
• "Mid. Miss. (upper Osage)"
•JA: the late Osagean is Chadian and Arundian
Environment/lithology: delta plain; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. I. Ausich, T. W. Kammer, and N. G. Lane. 1979. Fossil communities of the Borden (Mississippi) delta in Indiana and northern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 53:1182-1196 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 558: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Belemnospongia sp. Ulrich 1889 demosponge | |
Haplistion sp. Young and Young 1877 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral | |
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral | |
Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral | |
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral | |
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Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865 | |
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920 | |
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818 | |
Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Tylothyris sp. North 1920 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Thamniscus sp. King 1849 | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
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Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 | |
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Trilobita | |
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Crinoidea | |
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Paradichocrinus sp. Springer 1926 Sea lily
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily | |
Dorycrinus sp. Roemer 1854 Sea lily
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851 Sea lily | |
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Amphoracrinus sp. Austin 1848 Sea lily | |
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
Abatocrinus sp. Lane 1963 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus sp. Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily | |
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Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily | |
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Nipterocrinus sp. Sea lily | |
Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily | |
Hypselocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily | |
Abrotocrinus sp. Miller and Gurley 1890 Sea lily | |
Adinocrinus sp. Kirk 1938 Sea lily | |
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Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily | |
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily | |
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886 Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
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Echinoidea | |
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Holothuroidea | |
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Asterozoa | |
"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa
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Asteroidea | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Chomatodus sp. Agassiz 1838 chimaera | |
Gnathostomata | |
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