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 | |
Panderodus unicostatus unicostatus conodont | |
Trichonodella asymmetrica conodont
Trichonodella papilio conodont
Trichonodella sp. Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont | |
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont | |
"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 | |
"Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata
"Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont | |
"Neospathognathodus pennatus" = Aulacognathus, "Neospathognathodus latus" = Aulacognathus latus
"Neospathognathodus pennatus" = Aulacognathus conodont
"Neospathognathodus latus" = Aulacognathus latus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont | |
Panderodus simplex, Panderodus gracilis, Panderodus unicostatus, "Panderodus recurvatus" = Panderodus panderi
Panderodus simplex conodont
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Panderodus recurvatus" = Panderodus panderi Stauffer 1940 conodont | |
Acodus unicostatus conodont | |
Diadelognathus sp., Diadelognathus excertus, "Neoprioniodus costatus" = Idioprioniodus, "Neoprioniodus planus" = Idioprioniodus, Neoprioniodus triangularis
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 | |
"Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus, "Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus
"Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus conodont
"Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont | |
Distomodus extrorsus, "Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides
Distomodus extrorsus conodont
"Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont | |
"Spathognathodus celloni" = Pterospathodus celloni, "Ozarkodina adiutricis" = Pterospathodus celloni, Lonchodina greilingi, Synprioniodina cf. bicurvata
"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 | |
"Ligonodina kentuckyensis" = Rexroadus kentuckyensis
"Ligonodina kentuckyensis" = Rexroadus kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947 conodont | |
Drepanodus aduncus conodont
Drepanodus subrectus conodont | |
Paltodus debolti conodont
Paltodus multicostatus conodont | |
Conodontophorida | |
Exochognathus brassfieldensis Branson and Branson 1947 |