Allens Creek, IU 15113-3000, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., IN: Chadian, Indiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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condontophorida indet.
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trace %-volume | |||||||||
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boring indet.
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trace %-volume | |||||||||
| "indet. C" - originally entered as "boring indet. C" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Pyrgiidae
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Cladochonus beecheri
(Grabau 1899)
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0.0209 %-volume | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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? Amplexizaphrentis sp.
Vaughan 1906
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0.0054 %-volume | |||||||||
| "sp. B" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis? sp. B" | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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2.0125 %-volume | |||||||||
| "indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules" | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Haplistiidae
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Haplistion armstrongi
Young and Young 1877
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0.0011 %-volume | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Healdiidae
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? Waylendella sp.
()
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trace %-volume | |||||||||
| original and current combination Waylandella | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Waylandella? sp." | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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0.0800 %-volume | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchoporidae
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Rhynchopora beecheri
George 1904
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0.0435 %-volume | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita globosa
Weller 1914
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0.0571 %-volume | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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0.1599 %-volume | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Cheilotrypa sp.
Ulrich 1884
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0.4484 %-volume | |||||||||
| "sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B" | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Stictoporellidae
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Taeniodictya sp.
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| originally entered as "Taenodictya sp." | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Hexagonellidae
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Phractopora sp.
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0.0142 %-volume | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis
(Hall 1859)
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0.0182 %-volume | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeocapulus equilateralis | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" | ||||||||||
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Platyceras sp.
Conrad 1840
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0.0247 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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65.6338 %-volume | |||||||||
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Inadunata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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0.2107 %-volume | |||||||||
| "indet. poteriocrine sp. A" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. A" | ||||||||||
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Inadunata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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0.1296 %-volume | |||||||||
| "indet. poteriocrine sp. E" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine sp. E" | ||||||||||
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Inadunata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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5.4573 %-volume | |||||||||
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Flexibilia indet.
Zittel 1895
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0.3022 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Botryocrinidae
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Barycrinus asperrimus
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0.1717 %-volume | |||||||||
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Barycrinus cornutus
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0.5284 %-volume | |||||||||
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Barycrinus stenobrachium
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1.3211 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Cyathocrinitidae
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Cyathocrinites cf. glenni
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1.1624 %-volume | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Cyathocrinites cf. glenni" | ||||||||||
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Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
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5.3432 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Poteriocrinina
- Poteriocrinitidae
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? Springericrinus ? doris
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0.0370 %-volume | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Springericrinus? doris?" | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Dendrocrinida
- Adinocrinidae
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Adinocrinus nodosus
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0.2491 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Catillocrinidae
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Catillocrinus turbinatus
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2.2193 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Calceocrinida
- Calceocrinidae
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Halysiocrinus tunicatus
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1.2680 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Synbathocrinidae
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Synbathocrinus swallovi
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5.9308 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Camerata indet.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
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24.5800 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Rhodocrinitidae
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Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus
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8.0130 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Coelocrinidae
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Agaricocrinus americanus
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37.7823 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Amphoracrinidae
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Amphoracrinus sp.
Austin 1848
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3.3959 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Actinocrinitidae
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Actinocrinites gibsoni
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4.5004 %-volume | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Batocrinidae
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Eretmocrinus magnificus
Lyon and Casseday 1859
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8.0130 %-volume | |||||||||
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Alloprosallocrinus conicus
Casseday and Lyon 1862
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16.0289 %-volume | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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0.2205 %-volume | |||||||||
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Stelleroidea
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Stelleroidea indet.
Gregory 1900
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0.2516 %-volume | |||||||||
| synonym of Asterozoa | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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Ammodiscidae
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Tolypammina sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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Ammodiscus sp.
Reuss 1862
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Psammosphaeridae
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Thuramminoides sp.
Plummer 1945
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Cornuspiridae
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Trepeilopsis sp.
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Indiana | County: | Monroe |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 86.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.8° South, 32.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 | *Epoch: | Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Chadian | *Local age/stage: | Keokuk |
| Key time interval: | Chadian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Edwardsville | ||
| Local section: | IU 15113 | Local bed: | 3000 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dunes,grading lithified grainstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Environment: | delta plain | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
| Geology comments: This is a carbonate bank located on a subaqueous delta platform. Siltstone surrounds the bank and can be found interspersed within the bank itself. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments: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. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Skeletal carbonate bank facies; monobathrid-disparid community | ||
| Database number: | 2442 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-05 08:11:17 | Last modified: | 2004-03-13 22:45:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55. | 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] |