Whitewater Formation, western Cincinnati Arch, Kentucky: Richmondian, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
bryozoan indet.
many unidentified species
Strophomena sulcata Hall and Clarke 1892
Tetradium approximatum Ulrich 1900
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium huronense Billings 1865
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
Aulacera cylindrica Foerste 1909
Aulacera plummeri Galloway and St Jean 1957
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Favistella alveolata
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma divaricans (Nicholson 1875)
Streptelasma rusticum (Billings 1858)
recombined as Grewingkia rustica
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Protaraea richmondensis Foerste 1909
Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia huronensis Billings 1865
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Treptoceras sp. Flower 1942
Treptoceras duseri (Hall and Whitfield 1875)
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Gomphoceras indianense Miller and Faber 1894
recombined as Diestoceras indianense
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida
Cyrtoceras sp.
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp. (Salter 1859)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema sp. Salter 1859
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira bowdeni (Safford 1869)
recombined as Paupospira bowdeni
Lophospira tropidophora (Meek 1873)
recombined as Paupospira tropidophora
Lophospira ampla Ulrich and Scofield 1897
synonym of Paupospira tropidophora
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Sinuites mohri (Miller 1874)
recombined as Sphenosphaera mohri
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania crassa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
recombined as Loxobucania crassa
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Raphistoma sp. Hall 1847
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Whitella umbonata
synonym of Cyrtodontula
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Anomalodonta gigantea Miller 1874
Byssonychia richmondensis Ulrich 1893
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caritodens demissa (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Pterinea demissa
Bivalvia - Colpomyida - Colpomyidae
Ischyrodonta modioliformis Ulrich 1893
recombined as Pseudocolpomya modioliformis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella rugosus (Meek 1873)
recombined as Sowerbyella rugosa
S. rugosus clarksvillensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sinuata
Strophomena vetusta James 1874
Strophomena planumbona (Hall 1847)
Strophomena neglecta (James 1891)
recombined as Tetraphalerella neglecta
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus capax (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Hiscobeccus capax
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys subquadrata (Hall 1847)
recombined as Plaesiomys subquadratus
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sinuata (Hall 1847)
Hebertella alveolata (Foerste 1909)
original and current combination Hebertella alveata
Hebertella occidentalis (Hall 1847)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia annieana Foerste 1910
recombined as Vinlandostrophia annieana
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
Platystrophia acutilirata (Conrad 1842)
original and current combination Delthyris acutilirata
Platystrophia acutilirata (Conrad 1842)
original and current combination Delthyris acutilirata
P. acutilirata senex
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira modesta (Hall 1847)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Rhombotrypa quadrata (Rominger 1866)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora arachnoidea (Hall 1847)
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea primitiva
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia caecigena Miller 1881
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Leperditella glabra
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus maximus Locke 1838
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]