Allens Creek, float. Skeletal carbonate bank facies: Osagean, Indiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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informal endothyrid indet.
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Hondichnus monroensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Metazoa indet.
Haeckel 1874
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synonym of Animalia | ||||||||||
"indet. C" - originally entered as "trace fossil indet. C" | ||||||||||
Metazoa indet.
Haeckel 1874
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synonym of Animalia | ||||||||||
"indet. E" - originally entered as "trace fossil indet. E" | ||||||||||
Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules" | ||||||||||
Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Dictyospongiidae
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? Dictyospongia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1899
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originally entered as "Dictyospongia? sp." | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Haplistiidae
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Haplistion armstrongi
Young and Young 1877
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Pyrgiidae
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Cladochonus beecheri
(Grabau 1899)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Amplexus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia cyndon
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Antiphyllidae
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Rotiphyllum sp.
Hudson 1942
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Amplexizaphrentis sp.
Vaughan 1906
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Amplexizaphrentis sp. A" | ||||||||||
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Orthotetidae
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Orthotetes sp.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Imbrexiidae
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Imbrexia montgomeryensis
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29 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer ? floydensis
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33 specimens | |||||||||
originally entered as "Spirifer floydensis?" | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Brachythyrididae
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Brachythyris sp.
M'Coy 1844
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina obmaxima
(McChesney 1861)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchoporidae
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Rhynchopora beecheri
George 1904
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Hexagonellidae
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Phractopora sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Ptylopora sp.
McCoy 1844
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Cheilotrypa sp.
Ulrich 1884
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Cheilotrypa sp. B" | ||||||||||
Fistulipora compressa
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis
(Hall 1859)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeocapulus equilateralis | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Platyceras (Platyceras) equilateralis" | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Chordata indet.
Haeckel 1874
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Chomatodus sp.
Agassiz 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Dendrocrinida
- Staphylocrinidae
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Abrotocrinus nodosus
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Dendrocrinida
- Scytalocrinidae
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Hypselocrinus indianensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hypselocrinus sp.
Kirk 1940
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Hypselocrinus sp. B" | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Cyathocrinitidae
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Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Poteriocrinina
- Poteriocrinitidae
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? Springericrinus ? doris
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Springericrinus? doris?" | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Botryocrinidae
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Barycrinus asteriscus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Barycrinus hoveyi
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Taxocrinida
- Synerocrinidae
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Onychocrinus sp.
Lyon and Cassidy 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Onychocrinus sp. A" | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Sagenocrinida
- Nipterocrinidae
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Nipterocrinus monroensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Synbathocrinidae
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Synbathocrinus swallovi
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Calceocrinida
- Calceocrinidae
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Halysiocrinus tunicatus
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33 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Catillocrinidae
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Catillocrinus turbinatus
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Platycrinitidae
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Platycrinites saffordi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Amphoracrinidae
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Amphoracrinus sp.
Austin 1848
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Actinocrinitidae
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Actinocrinites gibsoni
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Actinocrinites grandissimus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Batocrinidae
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Eretmocrinus ? cassedayanus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
originally entered as "Eretmocrinus cassedayanus?" | ||||||||||
Eretmocrinus magnificus
Lyon and Casseday 1859
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Alloprosallocrinus conicus
Casseday and Lyon 1862
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25 specimens | |||||||||
Abatocrinus grandis
(Lyon and Casseday 1859)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Macrocrinus strotobasilaris
Ausich and Lane 1982
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Coelocrinidae
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Agaricocrinus americanus
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Dorycrinus gouldi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Blastoidea
- Granatocrinida
- Granatocrinidae
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Granatocrinus ? granulosus
(Meek and Worthen 1865)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
misspelling Poroblastus granulosus | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Grantocrinus granulosus?" | ||||||||||
Asteroidea
- Hadrosida
- Palaeasteridae
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Neopalaeaster ? crawfordsvillensis
(Miller 1880)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Neopalaeaster crawfordsvillensis?" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Indiana | County: | Monroe |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 86.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 20.7° South, 33.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | ||
*Epoch: | Visean | ||
*International age/stage: | Chadian | *Local age/stage: | Keokuk |
Key time interval: | Osagean | ||
Age range of interval: | 353.80000 - 342.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Edwardsville |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | dunes,grading lithified grainstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | 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 |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | 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 347. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Skeletal carbonate bank facies; monobathrid-disparid community; Allens Creek, float, Edwardsville Fm., Monroe Co., IN | ||
Database number: | 2455 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-07-05 09:05:59 | Last modified: | 2023-06-28 18:41:13 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-05 09:05:59 |
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] |