Somerset Sh. Member, Salem Ls., IU16721 & IU13058, Green Co., KY: Meramecian, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Myalinid indet.
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Hapsiphyllum cassedayi
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Demospongiae
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Belemnospongia parmula
Rigby et al. 1979
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Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Haplistiidae
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Haplistion armstrongi
Young and Young 1877
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Blastoidea
- Spiraculata
- Pentremitidae
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Pentremites conoideus
Hall 1856
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Crinoidea
- Synbathocrinidae
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Synbathocrinus swallovi
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Crinoidea
- Botryocrinidae
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Barycrinus aff. asteriscus
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| originally entered as "Barycrinus aff. asteriscus" | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Cyathocrinitidae
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Cyathocrinites parvibrachiatus
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Batocrinidae
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Batocrinus calyculus
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Dichocrinidae
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Dichocrinus simplex
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Platycrinitidae
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Platycrinites bonoensis
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Camptocrinus sp.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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| "indet. A" - originally entered as "Gastropoda indet. A" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Euconospira conula
(Hall 1856)
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras acutirostre
(Hall 1856)
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| recombined as Palaeocapulus acutirostre | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Hexagonellidae
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Glyptopora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Cystodictyonidae
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Cystodictya lineata
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Stenoporidae
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Tabulipora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Hemitrypa sp.
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Fistulipora spergenensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Perditocardinia dubia
(Hall 1856)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cranaenidae
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? Girtyella sp.
Weller 1911
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Reticulariinidae
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Reticulariina salemensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Dimegelasmidae
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Dimegelasma sp.
Cooper 1942
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Spirifer pseudolineatus
Hall 1858
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| recombined as Torynifer pseudolineatus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer tenuicostatus
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Spirifer washingtonensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziidae
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Eumetria verneuliana
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita trinuclea
(Hall 1856)
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Cleiothyridina hirsuta
(Hall 1857)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Setigerites setiger
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Griffithides bufo
(Meek and Worthen 1870)
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| recombined as Hesslerides bufo | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Green |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 85.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.3° South, 32.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 | *Epoch: | Meramecian |
| Key time interval: | Meramecian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 343.10000 - 335.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Salem Limestone | Member: | Somerset | ||
| Local section: | IU16721 & IU13058 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Mississippian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous "shale" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | packstone | ||
| Environment: | prodelta | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Surface collections were made, but it is unknown if they were float or in situ. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2828 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-21 09:25:39 | Last modified: | 2004-03-13 22:45:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 123. | H. R. Feldman. 1987. Facies Faunas of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky. Southeastern Geology 27(3):171-183 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement] |