PBDB Collection

Tollesboro section -5, sample 26 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.6° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 53.9° 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 181829: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
Prioniodontida - Acodontidae	Acodus unicostatus Acodus unicostatus conodont
Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae	Distomodus egregia, Distomodus extrorsus, "Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides, Distomodus kentuckyensis Distomodus egregia conodont Distomodus extrorsus conodont "Hadrognathus staurognathoides" = Distomodus staurognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont Distomodus kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
Prioniodontida -	"Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus, "Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus "Ligonodina variabilis" = Oulodus conodont "Ligonodina petila" = Oulodus petilus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae	"Neoprioniodus subcarnus" = Idioprioniodus "Neoprioniodus subcarnus" = Idioprioniodus conodont
Prioniodontida - Balognathidae	Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont
Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae	Drepanodus aduncus Drepanodus aduncus conodont
Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae	Paltodus costulatus, Paltodus dyscritus Paltodus costulatus conodont Paltodus dyscritus Rexroad 1967 conodont
Ozarkodinida -	Ozarkodina neogaertneri, Ozarkodina gaertneri Ozarkodina neogaertneri conodont Ozarkodina gaertneri Walliser 1964 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae	"Carniodus carnulus" = Carniodus carnulus, "Carniodus carinthiacus" = Carniodus carnulus, "Carniodus carnus" = Carniodus carnulus "Carniodus carnulus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont "Carniodus carinthiacus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont "Carniodus carnus" = Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae	"Neoprioniodus cf. excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata, "Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata "Neoprioniodus cf. excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont "Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
Panderodontida - Panderodontidae	Panderodus simplex, Panderodus gracilis, Panderodus unicostatus Panderodus simplex conodont Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont Subspecies "Panderodus unicostatus serratus (3)", "Panderodus unicostatus unicostatus (19)", "Panderodus unicostatus n. subsp. (9)"
-	Trichonodella papilio, Trichonodella sp. Trichonodella papilio conodont Trichonodella sp. Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
Conodontophorida
-	Exochognathus caudatus, Exochognathus detortus, Exochognathus expansus, Exochognathus brassfieldensis Exochognathus caudatus Exochognathus detortus Exochognathus expansus Nicoll and Rexroad 1969 Exochognathus brassfieldensis Branson and Branson 1947