Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 17.7° S, 114.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Logana Member (Lexington Limestone Formation), Chatfieldian (453.8 - 451.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, gray, argillaceous lime mudstone and lithified, dolomitic, gray, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: E. R. Cressman. 1973. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky. USGS Professional Paper 768:1-61 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34546: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 09.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Ceratopsis intermedia ostracod | |
Jonesella aff. obscura ostracod | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeoneilo socialis clam | |
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam | |
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam | |
Cyrtodontula sp. Tomlin 1931 clam | |
Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites aff. retrorsus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Liospira aff. decipiens" = Liospira decipens
"Liospira aff. decipiens" = Liospira decipens Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Carinaropsis cymbula Hall 1861 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rostricellula minuta Cooper 1956 | |
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860 | |
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina trentonensis Hall 1847 |