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Salem Limestone - Somerset, USA

Formation	Salem Limestone
Member	Somerset
Age:	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Meramecian
Tectonic Setting	Cratonic basin
Lithology	shale/packstone
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	180

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Somerset Sh. Member	Adair County, Kentucky, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset
Somerset Sh. Member	Green County, Kentucky, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset
Somerset Sh. Member	Larue County, Kentucky, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset
Somerset Sh. Member	Taylor County, Kentucky, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset
Somerset Sh. Member	Russell County, Kentucky, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset
Somerset Sh. Member	Harrison County, Indiana, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset
Somerset Sh. Member	Harrison County, Indiana, USA	Salem Limestone - Somerset

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) bufo species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Phillipsia (Griffithides) : *Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) bufo*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Cleiothyridina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : *Cleiothyridina*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Composita trinuclea species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : *Composita trinuclea*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Eumetria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Retziidae : *Eumetria*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Perditocardinia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : *Perditocardinia*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Camarotoechia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Camarotoechiidae : *Camarotoechia*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Torynifer pseudolineatus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Elythidae : Torynifer : *Torynifer pseudolineatus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Spirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae : *Spirifer*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Dimegelasma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Dimegelasmidae : *Dimegelasma*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Reticulariina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Reticulariinidae : *Reticulariina*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cranaenidae : *Girtyella*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Orthotetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Orthotetidae : *Orthotetes*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Echinoconchus biseriatus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Echinoconchidae : Echinoconchus : *Echinoconchus biseriatus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Setigerites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : *Setigerites*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Worthenopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : *Worthenopora*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Glyptopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Hexagonellidae : *Glyptopora*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Cystodictya sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Cystodictyonidae : *Cystodictya*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Fistulipora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Fistuliporidae : *Fistulipora*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Fenestralia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : *Fenestralia*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Hemitrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : *Hemitrypa*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Fenestella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : *Fenestella*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Polypora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : *Polypora*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Tabulipora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Stenoporidae : *Tabulipora*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Syringopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Syringopora*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Hapsiphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Hapsiphyllidae : *Hapsiphyllum*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Cyathocrinites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cyathocrinitidae : *Cyathocrinites*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Dichocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dichocrinidae : *Dichocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Batocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : *Batocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Dizygocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : *Dizygocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Eretmocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Eretmocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Camptocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Platycrinitidae : *Camptocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Platycrinites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Platycrinitidae : *Platycrinites*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Barycrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Barycrinidae : *Barycrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Synbathocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Synbathocrinidae : *Synbathocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Forbesiocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Sagenocrinitidae : *Forbesiocrinus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Metablastus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : *Metablastus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Pentremites conoideus species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Pentremitidae : Pentremites : *Pentremites conoideus*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bellerophontoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontoidea	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Capulus acutirostris species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Palaeocapulus : *Capulus acutirostris*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Euconospira conula species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Gosseletinidae : Euconospira : *Euconospira conula*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Belemnospongia parmula species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Belemnospongia : *Belemnospongia parmula*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Haplistion armstrongi species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Spirosclerophorida : Haplistiidae : Haplistion : *Haplistion armstrongi*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous

References

Feldman H. R. (1987) Facies Faunas of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky, Southeastern Geology 27 3, 171-183

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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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