Delta slope community, Locust Point Fm. (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Indiana (38.8° N, 86.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Locust Point Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• "Mid-Miss. (Osage)"

Environment/lithology: delta front; sandstone

• "Massive, Fine grain sandstone. delta slope, unstable bottom. BA4"

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 559: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999

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Taxonomic list

• "Ausich et al. 1979. Composite of 3 localities- one loacity was termed unusual for the Locust Point Fm. Taxa unique to this locality (Nashville) are marked with asterisk [in comment field]"
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Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cheilotrypa sp.
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
*
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
*
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
*, rhynchonellid - originally entered as "Rhynchonellida indet."
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Setigerites sp.
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
 Strophomenida -
Strophomenida indet.
Strophomenida indet. Opik 1934
small chonetid
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
*
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes keokuk
Orthotetes keokuk Hall 1858
*
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
*
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
*
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
*
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
*
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"? Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras
"? Mooreoceras sp." = Pseudorthoceras Girty 1912
* - originally entered as "? Mooreoceras sp."
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontida indet.
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
*
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
*
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Bembexia sp.
Bembexia sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail