Boy Scout Camp, IU 15109 float, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., IN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Interdistributary Mudstone Facies; equitable diversity 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 (345.3 - 345.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, peloidal, gray shale and grainstone

• This represents a subaqueous delta platform environment. The interdistributary mudstone facies is interpreted to have been deposited on the lee side of a carbonate bank on the delta platform.

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk,

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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details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 2208: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 25.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The fauna at this locality are part of the Interdistributary Mudstone Community of Ausich, Kammer, and Lane, 1979. See reference #557. This community also has been termed the equitable diversity community by the author.
unclassified
  -
boring indet.
"indet. B" - originally entered as "boring indet. B"
boring indet.
"indet. C" - originally entered as "boring indet. C"
boring indet.
"indet. D" - originally entered as "boring indet. D"
boring indet.
"indet. E" - originally entered as "boring indet. E"
"stenoporid" indet.
"indet. sp. A" - originally entered as "stenoporid indet. sp. A"
"stenoporid" indet.
"indet. sp. B" - originally entered as "stenoporid indet. sp. B"
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
 Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae
Thuramminoides sp. Plummer 1945
unclassified
  -
"Metazoa indet." = Animalia
"Metazoa indet." = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
"indet. E" - originally entered as "trace fossil indet. E"
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus longi tabulate coral
Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis sp. A"
? Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis? sp. B"
Polychaeta
 Cuniculepadida - Turrilepadidae
Turrilepas sp. Woodward 1865 scale worm
originally entered as "Tuurilepas sp."
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
 Productida -
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella ? lens White 1862
originally entered as "Schuchertella lens?"
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Ropalonariidae
Ropalonaria sp. Ulrich 1879
 Ctenostomata - Ascodictyidae
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Rhombopora sp. A"
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Cystodictya sp. A"
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
 Cryptostomata - Stictoporellidae
Taeniodictya sp.
originally entered as "Taenodictya sp."
 Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Archimedes cf. negligens
originally entered as "Archimedes cf. negligens"
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cyclotrypa sp. Ulrich 1896
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. A"
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B"
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp.A Bassler 1911
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Corynotrypa sp. B"
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulitella sp. Howell 1952
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Orthinychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre, "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis
"Platyceras (Orthinychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail
originally entered as "Platyceras (Orthinychia) acutirostre"
"Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail
originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis"
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"? Neilsonia springeri" = Lunulazona springeri
"? Neilsonia springeri" = Lunulazona springeri Lane et al. 1973 snail
originally entered as "Neilsonia? springeri"
unclassified
  -
Chordata indet. Haeckel 1874
Crinoidea
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. cyathocrine sp. A" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. cyathocrine sp. A"
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine sp. A" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. A"
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine sp. C" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. C"
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine sp. D" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. D"
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine sp. E" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. E"
 Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae
Pachylocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1879 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
 Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae
Springericrinus ? magniventrus Sea lily
originally entered as "Springericrinus magniventrus?"
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
 Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Onychocrinus sp. B"
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
 Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
 Camerata -
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
"indet. monobathrid sp. A" - originally entered as "Camerata indet. monobathrid sp. A"
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
"indet. monobathrid sp. B" - originally entered as "Camerata indet. monobathrid sp. B"
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
"indet. monobathrid sp. C" - originally entered as "Camerata indet. monobathrid sp. C"
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
"indet. monobathrid sp. D" - originally entered as "Camerata indet. monobathrid sp. D"
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Platycrinites sp. A"
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites ? lobatus Sea lily
originally entered as "Actinocrinites lobatus?"
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Macrocrinus strotobasilaris Ausich and Lane 1982 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Hyolithelminthida -
 Ichnofossils -
? Dendrina sp. Quenstedt 1848
originally entered as "Dendrina? sp."