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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Micromphalus turris n. gen. n. sp.
Micromphalus turris n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
Portlockiella kentuckyensis n. gen. n. sp.
Portlockiella kentuckyensis n. gen. n. sp. Knight 1945 snail |