West Union east section, sample 4 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Ohio (38.8° N, 83.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 53.6° 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 182124: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.10.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodontophorida
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Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus dyscritus Rexroad 1967 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Subspecies "Panderodus unicostatus unicostatus (8)", "Panderodus unicostatus serratus (2)"
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Walliser 1964 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Neoprioniodus triangularis Walliser 1964 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina gaertneri Walliser 1964 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata
"Spathognathodus polinclinatus" = Wurmiella polinclinata Nicoll and Rexroad 1968 conodont
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Trichonodella sp. Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont