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Harrodsburg Limestone, USA

FormationHarrodsburg Limestone
Age:345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalMeramecian
Lithologylime mudstone, grainstone, grainstone/"shale", wackestone, wackestone/grainstone, wackestone/packstone, wackestone/lime mudstone
Number of Collections15
Number of Occurrences67

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Kinser PikeOwen County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 2Monroe County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 3Monroe County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 4Monroe County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 6Monroe County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 9Lawrence County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 10Lawrence County, Indiana, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 12Bullitt County, Kentucky, USAHarrodsburg Limestone
Locality 13Hardin County, Kentucky, USAHarrodsburg Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Edwardsville345 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous
sandstone/"shale", siltstone, sandstone, grainstone/sandstone, grainstone/siltstone, sandstone/siltstone, "shale"/grainstone, grainstone, mudstone, "limestone"1292
Ramp Creek345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
grainstone, packstone/lime mudstone, "limestone", wackestone/grainstone, wackestone, "carbonate", packstone, packstone/grainstone, lime mudstone, lime mudstone/packstone, lime mudstone/wackestone, wackestone/lime mudstone, lime mudstone/grainstone148

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Athyris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Athyris345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Cleiothyridina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Cleiothyridina345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Composita trinuclea
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita trinuclea345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Eumetria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Retziidae : Eumetria345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Perditocardinia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : Perditocardinia345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Schizophoria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Schizophoriidae : Schizophoria345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachythyris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Brachythyrididae : Brachythyris345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Torynifer sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Elythidae : Torynifer345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Imbrexia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae : Imbrexia345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Skelidorygma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Skelidorygmidae : Skelidorygma345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Spirifer sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae : Spirifer345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Unispirifer sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae : Unispirifer345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Amesopleura novamexicana
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Strophopleuridae : Voiseyella : Amesopleura novamexicana345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Beecheria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Beecheriidae : Beecheria345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Cranaena sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cranaenidae : Cranaena345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Dielasma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Dielasmatidae : Dielasma345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Echinoconchus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Echinoconchidae : Echinoconchus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Linoproductus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : Linoproductus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Ovatia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Monticuliferidae : Ovatia345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Productus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Productus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Chondrichthyes
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Cladochonus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporidae : Cladochonus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Cladochonus beecheri
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Pyrgiidae : Cladochonus : Cladochonus beecheri345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Amplexizaphrentis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Hapsiphyllidae : Amplexizaphrentis345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Batocrinus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : Batocrinus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Dizygocrinus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : Dizygocrinus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Echinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Melonechinus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Palaechinidae : Melonechinus345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Pentremites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Pentremitidae : Pentremites345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Forbes D. A. (1975) Depositional History of the Ramp Creek Formation and Harrodsburg Limestone (Mississippian) Kinser Pike Section, Monroe County, Indiana, M.A. thesis, Indiana University, 1-100
Hirt D. S. (1988) Occurrence and Biochronology of Middle Missississian Brachiopods of the Ramp Creek Formation and Harrodsburg Limestone, Indiana and Kentucky, unpublished MS Thesis, Indiana University, 1-130
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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