KR-610 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kiowa County, Oklahoma (35.0° N, 98.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 84.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Benthamaspis rhochmotis trilobite zone, Kindblade Formation, Jeffersonian (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone and lithified, intraclastic wackestone

• Within unit 8, described as "Thick, 1-10-ft benches of medium- to thick-bedded, laminated to bioturbated, lime mudstone. Common massive intraclastic wackestones, sparsely bioturbated. Moderately fossiliferous."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. D. Loch

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. D. Loch. 2007. Trilobite biostratigraphy and correlation of the Kindblade Formation (Lower Ordovician) of Carter and Kiowa Counties, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 149:1-154 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106935: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 30.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Bathyuridae
Benthamaspis rhochmotis, "Bathyurellus inflatus" = Harlandaspis inflata, Strigigenalis implexa, Speyeris hami
Benthamaspis rhochmotis Loch 2007 trilobite
1 pygidium
"Bathyurellus inflatus" = Harlandaspis inflata Loch 2007 trilobite
1 cranidium
Strigigenalis implexa Loch 2007 trilobite
1 cranidium, 3 librigena
Speyeris hami Loch 2007 trilobite
1 cranidium