Locality 1, Golconda Formation, Greene Co., Indiana: Brigantian - Pendleian, Indiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scyphozoa
- Conulariida
- Conulariidae
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Paraconularia ? chesterensis
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Amplexizaphrentis spinulosus
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Stenoscismatidae
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Stenoscisma explanatum
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita trinuclea
(Hall 1856)
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Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
(Hall 1858)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziidae
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Eumetria vera
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Torynifer setiger
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer leidyi
Norwood and Pratten 1855
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| recombined as Anthracospirifer leidyi | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Reticulariinidae
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Reticulariina spinosa
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Fistulipora excellens
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Fistulipora perdensa
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Archimedes invaginatus
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Archimedes macfarlani
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Archimedes meekanus
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Archimedes terebriformis
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Archimedes swallovanus
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Hexagonellidae
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Meekopora eximia
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Dichocrinidae
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Pterotocrinus cf. armatus
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Pterotocrinus convexus
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Pterotocrinus lingulaformis
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Indiana | County: | Greene |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 86.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.9° South, 28.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| *Epoch: | Middle Chesterian | ||
| Key time interval: | Brigantian - Pendleian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 336.30000 - 327.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Golconda | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: originally entered as "Middle Chester," i.e., Hombergian = Brigantian to Pendleian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray grainstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: golconda fm: light gray to tan, crinoidal, slightly oolitic; granular to crystalline and exhibits numerous fossil fragments on weathered surfaces; interbedded variegated red, olive green, and gray shale, as much as 20 ft. in thickness; chert, dolomite, limonite, and hematite are common minerals; pyrite also occurs; for this locality, a measured section shows fossils were collected from a gray to red-brown, bioclastic, medium to thin bedded, medium crystalline, cross-bedded limestone | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 7000 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-04-20 10:54:43 | Last modified: | 2009-08-18 20:28:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 439. | J. Rodriguez. 1960. Invertebrate Fauna of the Golconda Formation (Middle Chester) of Indiana, Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois. 1-259 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen] |