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Highway 61S, Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)36.7083,-85.3653
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationKentucky, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA

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CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Highway 61SAusich W. I., Meyer D. L. (1992)Fort Payne ChertJA: originally entered as late Osagean; falls entirely within the Gnathodus texanus zone (Ausich and Meyer 1990), which in turn is Chadian to Arundian (Work and Mason 2004)packstone353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Halysiocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Calceocrinidae : Halysiocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Cyathocrinites sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cyathocrinitidae : Cyathocrinites353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Actinocrinites sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Actinocrinitidae : Actinocrinites353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Agaricocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Coelocrinidae : Agaricocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Alloprosallocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Alloprosallocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Dorycrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Coelocrinidae : Dorycrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Eretmocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Eretmocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Eucladocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Eucladocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Macrocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : Macrocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Uperocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : Uperocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Platycrinites sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Platycrinitidae : Platycrinites353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Magnuscrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : Magnuscrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Barycrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Barycrinidae : Barycrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Barycrinus spurius
species		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Botryocrinidae : Barycrinus : Barycrinus spurius353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Costalocrinus cornutus
species		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Botryocrinidae : Costalocrinus : Costalocrinus cornutus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Adinocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Adinocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Catillocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Catillocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Gilbertsocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Rhodocrinitidae : Gilbertsocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Synbathocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Synbathocrinidae : Synbathocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Mespilocrinus sp.
genus		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Mespilocrinus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Deliablastus cumberlandensis
species		Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : Deliablastus : Deliablastus cumberlandensis353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Granatocrinus granulatus
species		Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : Granatocrinus : Granatocrinus granulatus353.8 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Ausich W. I., Meyer D. L. (1992) Crinoidea Flexibilia (Echinodermata) from the Fort Payne Formation (Lower Mississippian; Kentucky and Tennessee), Journal of Paleontology 66 5, 825-838
Krivicich E. B., Ausich W. I., et al (2014) Crinoid assemblages from the Fort Payne Formation (late Osagean, early Viséan, Mississippian) from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, Journal of Paleontology 88 6, 1154-1162 doi:10.1666/13-180
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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