95CW18B (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Tennessee (35.6° N, 87.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.7° S, 66.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Catheys Formation, Shermanian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; argillaceous packstone

Collection methods: another collection has been taken from this bed (95CW18A)

Primary reference: M. E. Patzkowsky and S. M. Holland. 1999. Biofacies Replacement in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Nashville Dome, Tennessee, USA. Palaios 14(4):301-317 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1949: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 11.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail