Elizabethtown (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Hardin County, Kentucky (37.7° N, 85.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.3° S, 50.3° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ste. Genevieve Formation, Meramecian (342.9 - 335.4 Ma)

• Might now be Ste. Genevieve Member of Slade Formation or Monteagle Limestone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original silica

Primary reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 19(6):573-587 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156788: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 31.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Tychobraheidae
Micromphalus turris n. gen. n. sp.
Micromphalus turris n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Portlockiella kentuckyensis n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail