Curdsville Mbr, Lexington Ls, KY, sec 89, Tyrone A - Patzkowsky (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Curdsville Ls Member (Lexington Ls Formation), Middle Ordovician (470.0 - 458.4 Ma)

• EZ 2

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Calcarenite, well-sorted, cross-bedding common

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

PaleoDB collection 10757: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 19.06.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Loxoplocus sp.
Loxoplocus sp. Fischer 1885 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus sp.
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp.
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp.
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp.
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860