Also known as Reef 2714
Where: Jefferson County, Kentucky (38.2° N, 85.6° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 59.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Liberty Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Contains first data directly reported from reef. Then data from whole formation are reported
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24034: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Isotelus maximus Locke 1838 trilobite | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gastropoda | |
"Lophospira tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora
"Lophospira tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora Meek 1873 snail | |
Liospira vitruvia Billings 1865 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Caritodens demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Caritodens demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Anomalodonta gigantea Miller 1874 clam
Byssonychia radiata Hall 1847 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Plaesiomys subquadrata" = Plaesiomys subquadratus
"Plaesiomys subquadrata" = Plaesiomys subquadratus Hall 1847 | |
Platystrophia laticosta, Platystrophia acutilirata, Platystrophia cypha, "Platystrophia clarkesvillensis" = Platystrophia clarksvillensis, "Platystrophia annieana" = Vinlandostrophia annieana
Platystrophia laticosta James 1871
Platystrophia acutilirata Conrad 1842
"Platystrophia clarkesvillensis" = Platystrophia clarksvillensis Foerste 1910
"Platystrophia annieana" = Vinlandostrophia annieana Foerste 1910 | |
Hebertella sinuata Hall 1847
Hebertella occidentalis Hall 1847 | |
Zygospira modesta Hall 1847 | |
"Lepidocyclus capax" = Hiscobeccus capax
"Lepidocyclus capax" = Hiscobeccus capax Conrad 1842 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838
Leptaena richmondensis Foerste 1909 | |
"Strophomena neglecta" = Tetraphalerella neglecta James 1891
Strophomena vetusta James 1874
Strophomena planumbona Hall 1847 | |
"Sowerbyella rugosus" = Sowerbyella rugosa
"Sowerbyella rugosus" = Sowerbyella rugosa Meek 1873 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhombotrypa quadrata Rominger 1866 | |
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Anthozoa | |
Calapoecia huronensis Billings 1865 tabulate coral | |
Foerstephyllum vacuum tabulate coral | |
Protaraea richmondensis Foerste 1909 tabulate coral | |
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum Billings 1858 horn coral | |
Favistella alveolata horn coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Aulacera plummeri Galloway and St Jean 1957 stromatoporoid sponge
Aulacera cylindrica Foerste 1909 stromatoporoid sponge
Aulacera nodulifera Foerste 1909 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Tetradium | |
Tetradium approximatum Ulrich 1900 |