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Salem, USA

Formation	Salem
Age:	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Meramecian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	5
Number of Occurrences	88

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Spergen Hill	Washington County, Indiana, USA	Salem
Hunter Valley Quarries	Monroe County, Indiana, USA	Salem
Bank of Mississippi river	St. Charles County, Missouri, USA	Salem
Lanesville	Harrison County, Indiana, USA	Salem
Above C.P. & St. Louis RR tracks	Madison County, Illinois, USA	Salem

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Bellerophon spergensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : *Bellerophon spergensis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bellerophon textilis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : *Bellerophon textilis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia attenuata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia attenuata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia turritella species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia turritella*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia vermicula species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia vermicula*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Holopea proutana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Elasmonematidae : Holopea : *Holopea proutana*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Euomphalus quadrivolvis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Straparollus : *Euomphalus quadrivolvis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Euomphalus spergenensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Straparollus : *Euomphalus spergenensis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria leavenworthana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Amaurotoma : *Pleurotomaria leavenworthana*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria subangulata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Amaurotoma : *Pleurotomaria subangulata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Euomphalus planispira species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Serpulospira : *Euomphalus planispira*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria nodulostriata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Rhineoderma : *Pleurotomaria nodulostriata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria piasaensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Rhineoderma : *Pleurotomaria piasaensis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Rhineoderma wortheni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Rhineoderma : *Rhineoderma wortheni*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Eotrochus tenuimarginatus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Pseudophoridae : Eotrochus : *Eotrochus tenuimarginatus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Euconospira conula species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Gosseletinidae : Euconospira : *Euconospira conula*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia elegantula species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Euconospira : *Murchisonia elegantula*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria subglobosa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Gosseletina : *Pleurotomaria subglobosa*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia insculpta species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia : *Murchisonia insculpta*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria swallovana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pleurotomariidae : Pleurotomaria : *Pleurotomaria swallovana*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia terebriformis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Glyphodeta : *Murchisonia terebriformis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Murchisonia vincta species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia vincta*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bulimella bulimiformis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Bulimorpha : *Bulimella bulimiformis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bulimella elongata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Bulimorpha : *Bulimella elongata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria trilineata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Goniasmatidae : Platyzona : *Pleurotomaria trilineata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bulimella canaliculata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Acteoninidae : Girtyspira : *Bulimella canaliculata*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Natica littonana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Natica : *Natica littonana*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Natica carleyana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Naticopsidae : Naticopsis : *Natica carleyana*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Loxonema yandellana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudozygopleuridae : Pseudozygopleura : *Loxonema yandellana*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Diedrorynchus conalatum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Bransoniidae : Diedrorynchus : *Diedrorynchus conalatum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Oxyprora carinatum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Bransoniidae : Oxyprora : *Oxyprora carinatum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Oxyprora prattenanum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Bransoniidae : Oxyprora : *Oxyprora prattenanum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Leptoconocardium catastomum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Conocardiidae : Leptoconocardium : *Leptoconocardium catastomum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Lepetopsis levettei species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Archinacellida : Metoptomatidae : Lepetopsis : *Lepetopsis levettei*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous

References

White C. A. Fossils of the Indiana focks, no. 2, Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History 11, 347-401

Hall J. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois, Transactions of the Albany Institute 4, 1-36

Hall J. Untitled Contractual Obligation Memorandum, Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 12, 319-375

Hall J. Palaeontology of Iowa, Report of the Geological Survey of the state of Iowa 1 2, 473-724

Branson C. C. (1942) Correction of homonyms in the Lamellibranch genus Conocardium, Journal of Paleontology 16 3, 387-392

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!