Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 63.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Grier Limestone Member (Lexington Limestone Formation), Chatfieldian (453.8 - 451.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone and lithified lime mudstone
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 34547: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 09.09.2003, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tetradium | |
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846 | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia sp. Miller 1820 jellyfish | |
Anthozoa | |
Favistina cf. stellata horn coral | |
Ostracoda | |
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? Milleratia sp. ostracod | |
? Leperditella sp. ostracod | |
Ctenobolbina aff. ciliata Emmons 1855 ostracod | |
Dilobella sp. ostracod
? Ceratopsis sp. Ulrich 1894 ostracod
Ceratopsis intermedia ostracod
Ceratopsis aff. oculifera Hall 1871 ostracod | |
"Bollia" aff. persulcata ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
"? Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus
"? Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus Pribyl 1946 trilobite | |
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite | |
Gravicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite | |
Stenolaemata | |
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893 | |
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
Hallopora multitabulata Ulrich 1886 | |
? Dekayia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879 | |
Hemiphragma sp. Ulrich 1893
Hemiphragma cf. tenuimurale Ulrich 1893 | |
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847 | |
Graptodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847 | |
Prasopora cf. simulatrix, Prasopora falesi, Prasopora cf. falesi, Homotrypa sp., Homotrypa callosa, Mesotrypa sp., ? Peronopora sp., Peronopora cf. granulifera
Prasopora falesi James 1884
Prasopora cf. falesi James 1884
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Mesotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
? Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881 | |
Cyphotrypa sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Cyphotrypa acervulosa Ulrich 1893 | |
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchotrema increbescens Hall 1847
Rhynchotrema cf. increbescens Hall 1847 | |
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Dalmanella fertilis Ulrich 1909 | |
Heterorthina macfarlani Neuman 1967 | |
Hebertella frankfortensis James 1871 | |
Platystrophia sp. King 1850 | |
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Zygospira cf. modesta Hall 1847 | |
Strophomenata | |
Pionomena recens Neuman 1967 | |
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824 | |
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rafinesquina trentonensis Hall 1847 | |
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928 | |
Lingulata | |
Pachyglossella sp. Cooper 1960
? Lingulella sp. Salter 1866 | |
Tergomya | |
Archinacella sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Archinacella simulatrix Ulrich and Scofield 1897 | |
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Cyrtolites retrorsus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 | |
Bivalvia | |
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam
Deceptrix perminuta clam | |
Palaeoconcha obliqua clam
Similodonta sp. Soot-Ryen 1964 clam | |
Ctenodonta regia clam | |
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Palaeoneilo socialis clam | |
Cyrtodontula sp. Tomlin 1931 clam
Vanuxemia gibbosa clam
Cyrtodonta aff. subovata Ulrich 1894 clam
Cyrtodonta grandis Ulrich 1890 clam | |
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam
Ambonychia byrnesi clam
"Ambonychia cf. radiata" = Byssonychia radiata Hall 1847 clam | |
Whiteavesia sp., Modiolodon sp., Modiolodon oviformis, Modiolodon aff. oviformis, Colpomya sp., Colpomya faba, Cymatonota sp.
Whiteavesia sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
Modiolodon sp. Ulrich 1894 clam
Modiolodon oviformis Ulrich 1894 clam
Modiolodon aff. oviformis Ulrich 1894 clam
Colpomya sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
Colpomya faba Hall 1847 clam
Cymatonota sp. Ulrich 1893 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
? Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Carinaropsis sp. Hall 1847 snail
Carinaropsis cymbula Hall 1861 snail | |
cf. Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail | |
Bucanopsis sp., Bucanopsis carinifera, Sphenosphaera sp., "Sphenosphaera clausus" = Sphenosphaera rogersensis, "Sphenosphaera cf. clausus" = Sphenosphaera rogersensis, Sphenosphaera burginensis
Bucanopsis sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Bucanopsis carinifera Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Sphenosphaera sp. Knight 1945 snail
"Sphenosphaera clausus" = Sphenosphaera rogersensis Foerste 1914 snail
"Sphenosphaera cf. clausus" = Sphenosphaera rogersensis Foerste 1914 snail | |
Bucania sp. Hall 1847 snail
Bucania cf. sublata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Microceras" sp. Hall 1845 snail
cf. Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail | |
cf. Cyclora sp. Hall 1845 snail
Holopea cf. parvula Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
? Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Liospira progne Billings 1860 snail
? Clathrospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Clathrospira subconica Hall 1847 snail
Eotomaria sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail | |
"Murchisonia (Hormotoma) salteri" = Cyrtostropha salteri, "Murchisonia (Hormotoma) ? salteri" = Cyrtostropha salteri
"Murchisonia (Hormotoma) salteri" = Cyrtostropha salteri Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Murchisonia (Hormotoma) ? salteri" = Cyrtostropha salteri Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) sp." = Lophospira, "Loxoplocus (Lophospira) medialis" = Lophospira milleri, "Loxoplocus (Lophospira) cf. saffordi" = Paupospira oweni, "Loxoplocus (Lophospira) cf. burginensis" = Paupospira burginensis, "Loxoplocus (Lophospira) burginensis" = Paupospira burginensis
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) sp." = Lophospira Whitfield 1886 snail
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) medialis" = Lophospira milleri Miller 1877 snail
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) cf. saffordi" = Paupospira oweni Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) cf. burginensis" = Paupospira burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) burginensis" = Paupospira burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Murchisonia (Hormotoma) nitida" = Loxonema nitida
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