Tanglewood Mbr., Lexington Limestone, Kentucky (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 63.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Tanglewood Member (Lexington Limestone Formation), Chatfieldian (453.8 - 451.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified, hardground, phosphatic, shelly/skeletal grainstone and lithified, phosphatic, shelly/skeletal, gray packstone

• environmental call based on field notes of Holland and Patzkowsky

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: E. R. Cressman. 1973. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky. USGS Professional Paper 768:1-61 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34561: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 09.09.2003, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
? Dilobella sp., ? Ceratopsis sp., Ceratopsis intermedia, Ceratopsis aff. oculifera
? Ceratopsis sp. Ulrich 1894 ostracod
Ceratopsis aff. oculifera Hall 1871 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Leperditella sp.
 Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
Ctenobolbina ciliata
Ctenobolbina ciliata Emmons 1855 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
? Milleratia sp.
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
aff. Bythocypris sp.
aff. Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
? Flexicalymene sp.
? Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
? Proetus sp.
? Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"? Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus
"? Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus Pribyl 1946 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
? Cyclora sp.
? Cyclora sp. Hall 1845 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp.
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bucanopsis sp.
Bucanopsis sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
cf. Bucania sp.
cf. Bucania sp. Hall 1847 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
? Tropidodiscus sp.
? Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
  -
? Microceras sp.
? Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospiridae sp.
Lophospiridae sp. Wenz 1938 snail
Loxoplocus (Lophospira)
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Murchisonia (Hormotoma) sp." = Murchisonia
"Murchisonia (Hormotoma) sp." = Murchisonia d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Murchisonia (Hormotoma)
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira sp.
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pojetaconcha cressmani
Pojetaconcha cressmani Pojeta and Runnegar 1976
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites sp.
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Palaeoconcha obliqua
 Nuculida - Nucularcidae
""Ctenodonta" aff. pectunculoides" = Nucularca pectunculoides
""Ctenodonta" aff. pectunculoides" = Nucularca pectunculoides Hall 1872 clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Deceptrix perminuta
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp., Platystrophia colbiensis, Platystrophia elegantula, Platystrophia amoena
Platystrophia amoena McEwan 1919
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp., "Hebertella parkensis" = Hebertella parksensis, Hebertella frankfortensis
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
"Hebertella parkensis" = Hebertella parksensis Foerste 1909
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Heterorthina macfarlani
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp., Zygospira cf. modesta
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp., Rhynchotrema increbescens, Rhynchotrema cf. increbescens
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp., Rafinesquina trentonensis
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp.
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria sp., Constellaria cf. teres, Constellaria cf. florida
Constellaria sp. Dana 1846
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
? Ceramophylla sp., ? Ceramoporella sp.
? Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp., Amplexopora cf. winchelli
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp., Peronopora milleri, Peronopora cf. milleri, Prasopora falesi, ? Atactoporella sp., Homotrypa sp.
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
Prasopora falesi James 1884
? Atactoporella sp. Ulrich 1883
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
Cyphotrypa sp., Cyphotrypa acervulosa
Cyphotrypa sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Cyphotrypa acervulosa Ulrich 1893
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
? Heterotrypa sp., Dekayia sp., ? Stigmatella sp., Stigmatella cf. conica, Stigmatella multispinosa
? Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Dekayia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
? Stigmatella sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906
 Trepostomata - Dittoporidae
Hemiphragma cf. tenuimurale
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
? Hallopora sp., Hallopora cf. onealli, Hallopora multitabulata
? Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp.
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Favistina stellata