Carbonate bank community, Edwardsville Fm.: Chadian - Arundian, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Holothuroidea
Holothuroidea indet. (de Blainville 1834)
holothuroids
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
echinoid
Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae
Neopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914
originally entered as "Neopaleaster sp."
Stelleroidea
Stelleroidea indet. Gregory 1900
synonym of Asterozoa
misc. stelleroids
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836
Crinoidea - Monobathrida
Monobathrida indet. Moore and Laudon 1943
monobathrid
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites sp. Miller 1821
2 species
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae
Amphoracrinus sp. Austin 1848
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859
2 species
Abatocrinus sp. Lane 1963
Alloprosallocrinus sp. Casseday and Lyon 1862
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus sp. Springer 1926
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Dorycrinus sp. Roemer 1854
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821
3 species
Crinoidea
Cladida indet. Moore and Laudon 1943
poteriocrine
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868
5 species
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae
Abrotocrinus sp. Miller and Gurley 1890
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Hypselocrinus sp. Kirk 1940
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Adinocrinidae
Adinocrinus sp. Kirk 1938
Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae
? Springericrinus sp. Jaekel 1918
originally entered as "? Springericrinus sp."
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821
3 species
Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Nipterocrinus sp.
Crinoidea
Disparida indet. Moore and Laudon 1943
allagecrinid
Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886
Crinoidea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus sp. Shumard 1886
Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836
Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Granatocrinus sp.
originally entered as "Grantocrinus sp."
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Chomatodus sp. Agassiz 1838
Osteichthyes
? Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
fish plates - originally entered as "? Osteichthyes indet."
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Imbrexiidae
Imbrexia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
2 species
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae
? Subglobosochonetes sp. Afanasjeva 1976
originally entered as "? Subglobosochonetes sp."
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
stenoporoid
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cliotrypa sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Phractopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Stictoporellidae
Taeniodictya sp.
originally entered as "Taenodictya sp."
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp.
Ptylopora sp. McCoy 1844
Polypora sp.
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Ascopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Trilobita - Proetida
Proetida indet. Fortey and Owens 1975
misc. trilobite
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847
2 species
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Haplistion sp. Young and Young 1877
Demospongiae
Belemnospongia sp. Ulrich 1889
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 86.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.1° South, 32.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
*Local age/stage:Osagean
Key time interval:Chadian - Arundian
Age range of interval:346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Edwardsville
Stratigraphy comments: "Mid. Miss. (upper Osage)"
JA: the late Osagean is Chadian and Arundian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:delta plain
Geology comments: "Coarse to fine, poorly sorted crinoidal sands. Delta platform, carbonate bank, bioherms. BA3"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Ausich et al. 1979. W.I. Ausich, 1983. Component concept for the study of paleocommunities with an example from the early Carb. f southern Indiana (USA) PaleoPaleoPaleo 44:251-282"
Metadata
Database number:558
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-01-14 14:46:18 Last modified:2017-02-01 18:42:08
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-14 14:46:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
20120. 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]