Whitewater Formation, western Cincinnati Arch, Kentucky: Richmondian, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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bryozoan indet.
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many unidentified species | ||||||||||
Strophomena sulcata
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Tetradium approximatum
Ulrich 1900
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Stromatoceriidae
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Stromatocerium huronense
Billings 1865
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Aulaceratidae
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Aulacera cylindrica
Foerste 1909
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Aulacera plummeri
Galloway and St Jean 1957
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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Favistella alveolata
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Streptelasma divaricans
(Nicholson 1875)
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Streptelasma rusticum
(Billings 1858)
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recombined as Grewingkia rustica | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Coccoserididae
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Protaraea richmondensis
Foerste 1909
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Anthozoa
- Sarcinulida
- Syringophyllidae
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Calapoecia huronensis
Billings 1865
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Proteoceratidae
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Treptoceras sp.
Flower 1942
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Treptoceras duseri
(Hall and Whitfield 1875)
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Diestoceratidae
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Gomphoceras indianense
Miller and Faber 1894
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recombined as Diestoceras indianense | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
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Cyrtoceras sp.
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Trochonematidae
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Trochonema sp.
Salter 1859
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira bowdeni
(Safford 1869)
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recombined as Paupospira bowdeni | ||||||||||
Lophospira tropidophora
(Meek 1873)
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recombined as Paupospira tropidophora | ||||||||||
Lophospira ampla
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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synonym of Paupospira tropidophora | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Sinuites mohri
(Miller 1874)
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recombined as Sphenosphaera mohri | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Bucania crassa
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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recombined as Loxobucania crassa | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Raphistomatidae
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Raphistoma sp.
Hall 1847
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cyrtodontidae
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Whitella umbonata
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synonym of Cyrtodontula | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Anomalodonta gigantea
Miller 1874
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Byssonychia richmondensis
Ulrich 1893
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Caritodens demissa
(Conrad 1842)
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recombined as Pterinea demissa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Colpomyida
- Colpomyidae
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Ischyrodonta modioliformis
Ulrich 1893
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recombined as Pseudocolpomya modioliformis | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella rugosus
(Meek 1873)
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recombined as Sowerbyella rugosa | ||||||||||
S. rugosus clarksvillensis | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina alternata
(Conrad 1838)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Strophomena sinuata
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Strophomena vetusta
James 1874
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Strophomena planumbona
(Hall 1847)
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Strophomena neglecta
(James 1891)
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recombined as Tetraphalerella neglecta | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Lepidocyclus capax
(Conrad 1842)
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recombined as Hiscobeccus capax | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Plaesiomys subquadrata
(Hall 1847)
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recombined as Plaesiomys subquadratus | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Hebertella sinuata
(Hall 1847)
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Hebertella alveolata
(Foerste 1909)
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original and current combination Hebertella alveata | ||||||||||
Hebertella occidentalis
(Hall 1847)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia annieana
Foerste 1910
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recombined as Vinlandostrophia annieana | ||||||||||
Platystrophia sp.
King 1850
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Platystrophia acutilirata
(Conrad 1842)
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original and current combination Delthyris acutilirata | ||||||||||
Platystrophia acutilirata
(Conrad 1842)
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original and current combination Delthyris acutilirata | ||||||||||
P. acutilirata senex | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira modesta
(Hall 1847)
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Amplexoporidae
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Rhombotrypa quadrata
(Rominger 1866)
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Homotrypa sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Stomatoporidae
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Stomatopora arachnoidea
(Hall 1847)
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Diastoporidae
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Berenicea primitiva
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Ostracoda
- Leperditicopida
- Leperditiidae
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Leperditia caecigena
Miller 1881
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Leperditellidae
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Leperditella glabra
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus maximus
Locke 1838
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky |
Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 85.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.2° South, 59.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Richmondian | ||
Age range of interval: | 449.50000 - 443.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Whitewater | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Richmondian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous packstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | lithified calcareous mudstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | open shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 37833 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | S. Holland |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-03-25 08:04:58 | Last modified: | 2018-03-08 17:32:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-25 08:04:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6800. | 1% | R. G. Browne. 1964. The coral horizons and stratigraphy of the upper Richmond Group in Kentucky west of the Cincinnati Arch. Journal of Paleontology 38(2):385-392 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Holland] |