Upper Whitesburg Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Tennessee (36.0° N, 83.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 66.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Whitesburg Formation, Llandeilo (461.1 - 458.4 Ma)

• "M.Ord."

Environment/lithology: slope; black, argillaceous limestone and shale

• "black shale w/ argillaceous ls. slope BA6. geosyncline"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. R. Walker, T. W. Broadhead, and F. B. Keller. 1980. Middle Ordovician carbonate shelf to deep water deposition in the southern Appalachians. University of Tennessee Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Studies in Geology (4)1-120 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 309: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Cooper, 1956 [most brachs]. K.R.Walker, T.W.Broadhead, F.B.Keller, eds. 1980. Middle Ord. carbonate shelf to deep water deposition in the southern Appalachians. Univ. Tenn. Dept. Geol. Sci., Studies in Geology #4. 120p."
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Ostracoda
 Podocopa -
? Palaeocopida indet.
? Palaeocopida indet. Henningsmoen 1953 ostracod
originally entered as "? Palaeocopida indet."
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Robergia sp.
Robergia sp. Wiman 1905 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp., Ampyxina sp.
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Ampyxina sp. Ullrich 1922 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia sp.
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Anisopleurella sp.
Anisopleurella sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp.
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Multicostella sp.
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella sp.
Camerella sp. Billings 1859
originally entered as "Camarella sp."
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp.
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Westonia sp., Ectenoglossa sp., Elliptoglossa sp., Lingulella sp.
Westonia sp. Walcott 1901
Ectenoglossa sp. Sinclair 1945
Elliptoglossa sp. Cooper 1956
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
2 species
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis sp.
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
2 species
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Conotreta sp.
Conotreta sp. Walcott 1889
2 species
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea -
Graptoloidea indet.
Graptoloidea indet. Lapworth 1875 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Conodontophorida
 Conodontophorida -
Conodontophorida indet.