Interdistrubitary Mudstone community, Edwardsville Fm. (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Indiana (39.8° N, 86.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° S, 32.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Edwardsville Formation, Chadian to Chadian (345.3 - 342.8 Ma)

• "Mid-Miss. (upper Osage)"

•JA: the late Osagean is late Chadian and Arundian, i.e., entirely Visean, according to Kammer and Ausich 2007

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; siltstone

• "Mudstone/siltstone. delta platform, interdistributary areas. BA2"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. I. Ausich, T. W. Kammer, and N. G. Lane. 1979. Fossil communities of the Borden (Mississippi) delta in Indiana and northern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 53:1182-1196 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 557: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ausich et al. 1979. Lane, 1973. Paleo and Paleoecol. of the Crawfordsville site (upper Osage) Indiana. Calif. Univ. Publ. Geol. Sci. 99, 141pp.- This community, present in the lower quarry at Crawfordsville, is thought to represent the Interdist. Mdst. Comm. of Ausich et al. 1979. Elements of this community that are NOT listed by Ausich et al. are listed here. The community presented by Ausich et al. had a few elements not listed as part of Agaricocrinus comm. by Lane. Additional taxa from Ausich 1983."
unclassified
  -
Echinocystitoidea indet.
originally entered as "Echinocystitoidea sp."
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
2 species
 Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
Hyperammina sp. Brady 1879
6 species
 Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae
Thuramminoides sp. Plummer 1945
Pseudastrorhiza sp.
originally entered as "Pseudostrohiza sp."
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
originally entered as "Rheophax sp."
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Trepeilopsis sp.
2 species
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Aoujgaliaceae
Stacheia sp. Brady 1876
3 species
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral
2 species - originally entered as "Amplexzaphrentis sp."
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
2 species
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis sp. Haime 1857 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Paleacis sp."
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
2 species
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Subglobosochonetes sp. Afanasjeva 1976
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Heteralosia sp. King 1938
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
2 species
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Ascodictyidae
 Ctenostomata - Ropalonariidae
Ropalonaria sp. Ulrich 1879
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
Cyclotrypa sp. Ulrich 1896
 Cryptostomata -
Cryptostomata indet. Vine 1884
rhabdomesonid
 Cryptostomata - Stictoporellidae
 Cryptostomata - Worthenoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
2 genera, stenoporoid
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
3 species
 Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
2 species
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
? Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
originally entered as "? Hyolithes sp."
Polychaeta
 Cuniculepadida - Turrilepadidae
Turrilepas sp. Woodward 1865 scale worm
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulitella sp. Howell 1952
Trilobita
 Proetida -
Proetida indet. Fortey and Owens 1975 trilobite
misc. trilobite
Crinoidea
 Camerata -
Monobathrida indet. Moore and Laudon 1943 Sea lily
monobathrid
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus sp. Springer 1926 Sea lily
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Dorycrinus sp. Roemer 1854 Sea lily
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
3 species
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Dizygocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
2 species
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Cladida -
Cladida indet. Sea lily
poteriocrine
 Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
 Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Parichthyocrinus sp. Springer 1902 Sea lily
Taxocrinus sp. Phillips 1843 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Histocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae
Pachylocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1879 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
2 species
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Decadocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1879 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae
Springericrinus sp. Jaekel 1918 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
3 species
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
misc. echinoid
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaridae sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
originally entered as "Archaeocidarid sp."
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
3 genera, misc. holothuroids
Asterozoa
  -
"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa
"Stelleroidea indet." = Asterozoa von Zittel 1895
misc. stelleroid
 Hyolithelminthida -
 Ichnofossils -
Scalarituba sp., "Zoophycus sp." = Zoophycos
Scalarituba sp. Weller 1899
trace fossil
"Zoophycus sp." = Zoophycos Massalongo 1855
trace fossil