Devil's Hollow Mbr, Lexington Ls - Patzkowsky 1990 (Ordovician to of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (37.6° N, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 64.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Devils Hollow Member (Lexington Limestone Formation), Middle Ordovician to Middle Ordovician (470.0 - 443.8 Ma)

• EZ 1

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified wackestone

• fossiliferous wackestone, Tyrone-like calcilutite or gastropod coquina, low angle crossbeds; """"crinkley"""" bedding surfaces, well preserved low diversity fauna.

Primary reference: E. R. Cressman. 1973. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky. USGS Professional Paper 768:1-61 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10720: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 15.06.2001, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Toichochilina sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida -
Atrypacea sp.
Atrypacea sp. Gill 1871
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
? Zygospira sp.
? Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Colpomya sp.
Colpomya sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus sp.
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Loxoplocus sp.
Loxoplocus sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Eoleperditia sp.
Eoleperditia sp. Swartz 1949 ostracod
Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge