Otter Creek, Parnell Quadrant (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as OC

Where: Russell County, Kentucky (36.9° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, Fort Payne Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wackestone

• wackestone buildup

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU

Primary reference: E. B. Krivicich, W. I. Ausich, and D. L. Meyer. 2014. Crinoid assemblages from the Fort Payne Formation (late Osagean, early Viséan, Mississippian) from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1154-1162 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165242: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Crinoids only
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Blastoidea
 Spiraculata -
Xyeleblastus magnificus
Xyeleblastus magnificus Ausich and Meyer 1988 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus americanus
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus magnificus, Abatocrinus "n. sp.", Abatocrinus grandis
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Abatocrinus "n. sp." Lane 1963 Sea lily
Abatocrinus grandis Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Thinocrinus "lobate sp."
Thinocrinus "lobate sp." Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001 Sea lily