Allens Creek, IU 15113-1000, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., IN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Skeletal carbonate bank facies; monobathrid-disparid community

Where: Monroe County, Indiana (39.0° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Mississippian; equivalent to the Keokuk Limestone North American type section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified grainstone and sandstone

• This is a carbonate bank located on a subaqueous delta platform. Siltstone surrounds the bank and can be found interspersed within the bank itself.

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, 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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details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 2439: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 05.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The fauna from this locality are part of the carbonate bank community of Ausich, Kammer, and Lane, 1979. See reference #558. This has also been termed the monobathrid-disparid crinoid community by the author. Total numeric abundance is 52661. Total biovolume abundance 1435.9100.
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unclassified
  -
"allagecrinid" indet., boring indet., boring indet.
boring indet.
"indet. C" - originally entered as "boring indet. C"
boring indet.
"indet. D" - originally entered as "boring indet. D"
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
 Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae
Thuramminoides sp.
Thuramminoides sp. Plummer 1945
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus beecheri
Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora sp.
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia cyndon
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Rotiphyllum sp.
Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Haplistion armstrongi
Haplistion armstrongi Young and Young 1877 demosponge
Asterozoa
  -
"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa
"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa von Zittel 1895
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Camerata -
Camerata indet., Camerata indet.
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
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites hemisphericus
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus magnificus
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus planus
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites gibsoni
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus americanus, Dorycrinus gouldi
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet., Inadunata indet.
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine sp. A" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. A"
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine sp. E" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. E"
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites cf. glenni, Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
Cyathocrinites cf. glenni Sea lily
originally entered as "Cyathocrinites cf. glenni"
 Dendrocrinida - Adinocrinidae
Adinocrinus nodosus
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus asperrimus, Barycrinus cornutus, Barycrinus hoveyi, Barycrinus stenobrachium
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus tunicatus
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus turbinatus
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis, "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre
"Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail
originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis"
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail
originally entered as "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostre"
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes planumbona
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet.
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cheilotrypa sp., Cheilotrypa sp.
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. A"
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B"
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Cryptostomata - Stictoporellidae
Taeniodictya sp.
Taeniodictya sp.
originally entered as "Taenodictya sp."
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Rhombopora sp. A"