21 - LC (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Indiana (38.0° N, 85.8° W: paleocoordinates 25.8° S, 55.8° W)

When: Lee Creek Member (Brassfield Formation), Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: dolomite

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: R. S. Nicoll and C. B. Rexroad. 1968. Stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of the Salamonie Dolomite and Lee Creek Member of the Brassfield Limestone (Silurian) in southeastern Indiana and adjacent Kentucky. Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bulletin 40:1-73 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180935: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Paulina Nätscher on 07.08.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus kentuckyensis, "Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides
Distomodus kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
"Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Diadelognathus a n. sp. conodont
Diadelognathus b n. sp. conodont
Diadelognathus excertus Nicoll and Rexroad 1969 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
"Neospathognathodus celloni" = Pterospathodus celloni Walliser 1964 conodont
"Ozarkodina adiutricis" = Pterospathodus celloni Walliser 1964 conodont
Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont
Lonchodina walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus, "Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri, "Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus
"Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
"Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae
"Carniodus carnulus" = Carniodus carnulus, "Carniodus carnicus" = Carniodus carnulus, "Carniodus carinthiacus" = Carniodus carnulus, "Carniodus carnus" = Carniodus carnulus, "Neospathognathodus bullatus" = Aulacognathus bullatus, "Neospathognathodus latus" = Aulacognathus latus, "Neospathognathodus ceratoides" = Aulacognathus
"Carniodus carnulus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont
"Carniodus carnicus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont
"Carniodus carinthiacus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont
"Carniodus carnus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont
"Neospathognathodus bullatus" = Aulacognathus bullatus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
"Neospathognathodus latus" = Aulacognathus latus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
"Neospathognathodus ceratoides" = Aulacognathus conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina gaertneri Walliser 1964 conodont
 Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
"Acodus curvatus" = Walliserodus curvatus
"Acodus curvatus" = Walliserodus curvatus Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus dyscritus Rexroad 1967 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
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Conodontophorida
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"Trichonodella ? expansa" = Exochognathus expansus
"Trichonodella ? expansa" = Exochognathus expansus Nicoll and Rexroad 1969