02-CFY-23B: Chatfieldian, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira modesta (Hall 1847)
8 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Orthorhynchulidae
Orthorhynchula sublinneyi
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella parkensis (Foerste 1909)
1 individual
original and current combination Hebertella parksensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
18 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Madison
Coordinates: 37.9° North, 84.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.6° South, 63.1° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
*Local age/stage:Chatfieldian
Key time interval:Chatfieldian
Age range of interval:453.70000 - 451.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Clays Ferry
Local section:Clays Ferry Local bed:23 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Frankfort, KY
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:intraclastic,shelly/skeletal,gray lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology:gray lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Collection size:36 individuals
Rock censused:1800 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48819
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:S. Holland
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-03-30 10:55:41 Last modified:2005-03-30 13:55:41
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-30 10:55:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9838. S. M. Holland and M. E. Patzkowsky. 2004. Ecosystem structure and stability: middle Upper Ordovician of central Kentucky, USA. Palaios 19(4):316-331 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Bruning]