PBDB Collection

Waldrip Site, IU 15101 & 15127, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., Indiana (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Distributary Sandstone Channel Facies, poteriocrine inadunate community

Where: Monroe County, Indiana (39.0° N, 86.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° S, 32.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Edwardsville Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, burrowed sandstone and siltstone

• Subaqueous sandstone channel deposits surrounded by and interbedded with siltstones; sandstones smothered by siltstone in places leading to interbedded nature

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical, peel or thin section, sieve,

Primary reference: W. I. Ausich. 1978. Community Organization, Paleontology, and Sedimentology of the Lower Mississippian Borden Delta Platform (Edwardsville Formation, Southern Indiana). Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2059: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 18.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

• This is taxonomic information for a specific locality of a distributary channel facies. Ausich, Kammer, and Lane, 1979, lists taxa occuring in this type of facies thoughout the Borden Delta. See PMPD numder 556. The taxa in this list are referred to as the poteriocrine inadunate community.

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Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae	Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus, Cribanocrinus coxanus Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus Sea lily Cribanocrinus coxanus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Batocrinidae	Eretmocrinus magnificus, Uperocrinus apheles, Macrocrinus ? mundulus, Macrocrinus strotobasilaris Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily Uperocrinus apheles Sea lily Macrocrinus ? mundulus Hall 1859 Sea lily originally entered as "Macrocrinus mundulus?" Macrocrinus strotobasilaris Ausich and Lane 1982 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae	Dichocrinus ulrichi Dichocrinus ulrichi Sea lily
Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae	Platycrinites hemisphericus, Platycrinites nodostriatus, Camptocrinus plenicirrus Platycrinites hemisphericus Sea lily Platycrinites nodostriatus Sea lily Camptocrinus plenicirrus Sea lily
Inadunata -	Inadunata indet. Inadunata indet. Sea lily "indet. poteriocrine sp. F" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. F"
Cladida - Botryocrinidae	Barycrinus asteriscus, Barycrinus stenobrachium Barycrinus asteriscus Sea lily Barycrinus stenobrachium Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae	Hylodecrinus sculptus, Abrotocrinus coreyi, Abrotocrinus unicus Hylodecrinus sculptus Sea lily Abrotocrinus coreyi Sea lily Abrotocrinus unicus Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae	Hypselocrinus sp., Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Scytalocrinus robustus, Histocrinus coreyi, Histocrinus graphicus Hypselocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily "sp. A" - originally entered as "Hypselocrinus sp. A" Hypselocrinus hoveyi Worthen 1875 Sea lily Scytalocrinus robustus Sea lily Histocrinus coreyi Sea lily Histocrinus graphicus Miller and Gurley 1890 Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae	Pachylocrinus briareus, Pachylocrinus gibsoni Pachylocrinus briareus Sea lily Pachylocrinus gibsoni Sea lily
Dendrocrinida - Zeacrinitidae	Eratocrinus salemensis, Sarocrinus nitidus Eratocrinus salemensis Sea lily Sarocrinus nitidus Sea lily
Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae	Holcocrinus nodobrachiatus, Decadocrinus depressus Holcocrinus nodobrachiatus Sea lily Decadocrinus depressus Sea lily
Poteriocrinina - Bursacrinidae	Lebetocrinus grandis Lebetocrinus grandis Sea lily
Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae	Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus, Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus Sea lily Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Sea lily
Cyathocrinida - Euspirocrinidae	Parisocrinus sp. Parisocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1880 Sea lily
Cladida -	Saccosompsis poterium Saccosompsis poterium Sea lily originally entered as "Saccosomopsis poterium"
Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae	Taxocrinus ? ungula Taxocrinus ? ungula Sea lily originally entered as "Taxocrinus ungula?"
Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae	Onychocrinus sp., Onychocrinus sp. Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily "sp. B" - originally entered as "Onychocrinus sp. B" Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily "sp. C" - originally entered as "Onychocrinus sp. C"
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	Dielasma sp. Dielasma sp. King 1856
Strophomenata
Productida -	Productoidea indet. Productoidea indet. Gray 1840
Stenolaemata
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Fistulipora compressa Fistulipora compressa
Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae	Cystodictya lineata Cystodictya lineata
Cryptostomata - Septoporidae	Thamniscus sp. Thamniscus sp. King 1849
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Archimedes cf. negligens, Fenestella sp. Archimedes cf. negligens originally entered as "Archimedes cf. negligens" Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae	Penniretepora sp. Penniretepora sp.
unclassified
-	"Metazoa indet." = Animalia, "Metazoa indet." = Animalia "Metazoa indet." = Animalia Linnaeus 1758 originally entered as "trace fossil A" "Metazoa indet." = Animalia Linnaeus 1758 originally entered as "trace fossil D"
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Amplexidae	Amplexus sp. Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
Hexactinellida
Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae	? Dictyospongia sp., Physospongia aff. colletti ? Dictyospongia sp. Hall and Clarke 1899 glass sponge originally entered as "Dictyospongia? sp." Physospongia aff. colletti glass sponge "sp. aff. colletti" - originally entered as "Physospongia sp. aff. colletti"

Ichnofossils -	Scalarituba missouriensis, Chondrites sp. Scalarituba missouriensis Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833