Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield
Decatur County County, Indiana39.33722, −85.48361
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield
Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield is a fossil collection site in Decatur County, Indiana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Brassfield Formation, dated to the Llandovery (443.1–432.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deep subtidal indet. Documented finds include Sievertsia, Brockocystis nodosaria, Anartiocystis, Calceocrinus, Crinoidea, Camarotoechia neglecta.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Brassfield
- Geologic interval
- Llandovery
- Age
- 443.1–432.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- deep subtidal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 33
Geology notes
SEP environmental call based on given information and knowledge of regional geology
Fossils found here
Sievertsia
Cyclocystoidea · Cyclocystoididae
Brockocystis nodosaria
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Callocystitidae
Anartiocystis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Callocystitidae
Calceocrinus
Crinoidea · Calceocrinidae
Crinoidea
Crinoidea
Camarotoechia neglecta
Rhynchonellata · Camarotoechiidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Strophomenata · Rafinesquinidae
Resserella elegantula
Rhynchonellata · Dalmanellidae
Dalejina hybrida
Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina
Rhynchonellata · Rhipidomellidae
Dolerorthis
Rhynchonellata · Hesperorthidae
Platystrophia
Rhynchonellata · Platystrophiidae
Orthis biforata reversata
Rhynchonellata · Orthidae
Protatrypa
Rhynchonellata · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Leangella
Strophomenata · Leptestiidae
Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
Strophomenata · Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta
Strophomenata · Sowerbyellidae
Fardenia (Coolinia)
Strophomenata · Chilidiopsidae
Protomegastrophia
Strophomenata · Leptostrophiidae
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda
Platyostoma cliftonensis
Gastropoda · Platyceratidae
Platyostoma daytonense
Gastropoda · Platyceratidae
Murchisonia subulata
Gastropoda · Murchisoniidae
Cyclonema daytonensis
Gastropoda · Platyceratidae
Cyclonema gyronemoides
Gastropoda · Platyceratidae
Zonidiscus youngi
Gastropoda · Tropidodiscidae
Bryozoa
Bryozoa
Rugosa
Anthozoa
Favosites
Anthozoa · Favositidae
Halysites
Anthozoa · Halysitidae
Astraeospongium
Heteractinida · Astraeospongiidae
Illaenus
Trilobita · Illaenidae
Otarion
Trilobita · Otarionidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 13291 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield
Can you collect at Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield?
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What minerals are found at Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield?
Fossil.
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