Nelsonville, Otter Creek, Preachersville Mmb - Drakes Fm, 44688-CO (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Nelson County, Kentucky (37.7° N, 85.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° S, 59.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Preachersville Member (Drakes Formation), Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

• the basal unit of the Preachersville

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• coral bed is a medium-light-gray limestone which weathers light olive gray to medium gray. Most of the limestone is medium grained, although fine- and coarse-grained varieties are common

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. C. Simmons and W. A. Oliver. 1967. Otter Creek Coral Bed and Its Fauna, East-Central Kentucky. Geological survey [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179678: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.06.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Grewingikia rustica
Tetradium
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Tetradium approximatum
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia huronensis
Labechia huronensis Billings 1865 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
Aulacera cylindrica
Aulacera cylindrica Foerste 1909 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp. B, Streptelasma sp. D, Streptelasma sp. E
Streptelasma sp. B Hall 1847 horn coral
Streptelasma sp. D Hall 1847 horn coral
Streptelasma sp. E Hall 1847 horn coral
 Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia huronensis
Calapoecia huronensis Billings 1865 tabulate coral
 Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae
Foerstephyllum vacuum
Foerstephyllum vacuum tabulate coral