PBDB Collection

Allens Creek, IU 15113-3000, 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; 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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University 1-433 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details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 2442: 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 312445. Total biovolume abundance 1545.1237.

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unclassified
-	condontophorida indet., boring indet. condontophorida indet. boring indet. "indet. C" - originally entered as "boring indet. C"
Anthozoa
Auloporida - Pyrgiidae	Cladochonus beecheri Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae	? Amplexizaphrentis sp. ? Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral "sp. B" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis? sp. B"
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
Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
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" Inadunata indet. Sea lily
Disparida - Synbathocrinidae	Synbathocrinus swallovi Synbathocrinus swallovi Sea lily
Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae	Halysiocrinus tunicatus Halysiocrinus tunicatus Sea lily
Disparida - Catillocrinidae	Catillocrinus turbinatus Catillocrinus turbinatus Sea lily
Flexibilia -	Flexibilia indet. Flexibilia indet. Sea lily
Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae	? Springericrinus ? doris ? Springericrinus ? doris Sea lily originally entered as "Springericrinus? doris?"
Dendrocrinida - Adinocrinidae	Adinocrinus nodosus Adinocrinus nodosus Sea lily
Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae	Cyathocrinites cf. glenni, Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Cyathocrinites cf. glenni Sea lily originally entered as "Cyathocrinites cf. glenni" Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus Sea lily
Cladida - Botryocrinidae	Barycrinus asperrimus, Barycrinus cornutus, Barycrinus stenobrachium Barycrinus asperrimus Sea lily Barycrinus cornutus Sea lily Barycrinus stenobrachium Sea lily
Camerata -	Camerata indet. Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae	Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae	Amphoracrinus sp. Amphoracrinus sp. Austin 1848 Sea lily
Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae	Actinocrinites gibsoni Actinocrinites gibsoni Sea lily
Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae	Agaricocrinus americanus Agaricocrinus americanus Sea lily
Monobathrida - Batocrinidae	Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Eretmocrinus magnificus Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Asterozoa
-	"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa "Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa von Zittel 1895
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Cheilotrypa sp. Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884 "sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B"
Cryptostomata - Stictoporellidae	Taeniodictya sp. Taeniodictya sp. originally entered as "Taenodictya sp."
Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae	Phractopora sp. Phractopora sp.
Brachiopoda
-	Brachiopoda indet. Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Composita globosa Composita globosa Weller 1914
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae	Rhynchopora beecheri Rhynchopora beecheri George 1904
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	"Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis, Platyceras sp. "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" = Palaeocapulus equilateralis Hall 1859 snail originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Healdiidae	"? Waylendella sp." = Waylandella "? Waylendella sp." = Waylandella ostracod originally entered as "Waylandella? sp."
Foraminifera
Foraminifera -	Foraminifera indet. Foraminifera indet. foram
Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae	Thuramminoides sp. Thuramminoides sp. Plummer 1945
Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae	Tolypammina sp., Ammodiscus sp. Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895 Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
Tubothalamea
Miliolida - Cornuspiridae	Trepeilopsis sp. Trepeilopsis sp.