Irvine north section, sample 11 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Estill County, Kentucky (37.7° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 54.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Esill Shale Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified shale and dolomite

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: C. B. Rexroad and R. S. Nicoll. 1972. Conodonts from the Estill Shale (Silurian, Kentucky and Ohio) and their Bearing on Multielement Taxonomy. Geologlca et Palaeontologlca SB1:57-74 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181734: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 30.09.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
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Trichonodella sp. Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
"Ozarkodina hanoverensis" = Ozarkodina, "Ozarkodina sp." = Ozarkodina, Ozarkodina gaertneri, "Hindeodella sp." = Ozarkodina
"Ozarkodina hanoverensis" = Ozarkodina conodont
"Ozarkodina sp." = Ozarkodina Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodina gaertneri Walliser 1964 conodont
"Hindeodella sp." = Ozarkodina Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata
"Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae
"Neospathognathodus pennatus" = Aulacognathus, "Neospathognathodus latus" = Aulacognathus latus
"Neospathognathodus pennatus" = Aulacognathus conodont
"Neospathognathodus latus" = Aulacognathus latus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Panderodus recurvatus" = Panderodus panderi Stauffer 1940 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Diadelognathus sp. Nicoll and Rexroad 1969 conodont
Diadelognathus excertus Nicoll and Rexroad 1969 conodont
"Neoprioniodus costatus" = Idioprioniodus conodont
"Neoprioniodus planus" = Idioprioniodus conodont
Neoprioniodus triangularis Walliser 1964 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus, "Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus
"Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus conodont
"Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus extrorsus, "Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides
"Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
"Spathognathodus celloni" = Pterospathodus celloni Walliser 1964 conodont
"Ozarkodina adiutricis" = Pterospathodus celloni Walliser 1964 conodont
Lonchodina greilingi Walliser 1957 conodont
Synprioniodina cf. bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
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"Ligonodina kentuckyensis" = Rexroadus kentuckyensis
"Ligonodina kentuckyensis" = Rexroadus kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Conodontophorida
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