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Highway 61S, Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA

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

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Highway 61S	Ausich W. I., Meyer D. L. (1992)	Fort Payne Chert	JA: 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)	packstone	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Halysiocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Calceocrinidae : *Halysiocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Cyathocrinites sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cyathocrinitidae : *Cyathocrinites*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Actinocrinites sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Actinocrinitidae : *Actinocrinites*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Agaricocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Coelocrinidae : *Agaricocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Alloprosallocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Alloprosallocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Dorycrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Coelocrinidae : *Dorycrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Eretmocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Eretmocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Eucladocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Eucladocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Macrocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : *Macrocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Uperocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : *Uperocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Platycrinites sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Platycrinitidae : *Platycrinites*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Magnuscrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : *Magnuscrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Barycrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Barycrinidae : *Barycrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Barycrinus spurius species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Botryocrinidae : Barycrinus : *Barycrinus spurius*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Costalocrinus cornutus species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Botryocrinidae : Costalocrinus : *Costalocrinus cornutus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Adinocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Adinocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Catillocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Catillocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Gilbertsocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Rhodocrinitidae : *Gilbertsocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Synbathocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Synbathocrinidae : *Synbathocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Mespilocrinus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Mespilocrinus*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Deliablastus cumberlandensis species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : Deliablastus : *Deliablastus cumberlandensis*	353.8 - 345 Ma Carboniferous
Granatocrinus granulatus species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : Granatocrinus : *Granatocrinus granulatus*	353.8 - 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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