Clays Ferry - Kentucky: Cressman's member listing (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 63.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Clays Ferry Formation, Chatfieldian (453.8 - 451.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone and lithified, gray shale

• environmental call based on field notes of Holland and Patzkowsky

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 34563: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 09.09.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites sp.
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Orthonybyoceras sp.
Orthonybyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus sp.
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
? Sinuites sp.
? Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Loxoplocus sp.
Loxoplocus sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Loxoplocus (Lophospira)
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira sp.
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Palaeoconcha sp.
Palaeoconcha sp. Miller 1889 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Ambonychia cf. radiata" = Byssonychia radiata
"Ambonychia cf. radiata" = Byssonychia radiata Hall 1847 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira cf. cincinnatiensis, Zygospira cf. modesta, "Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Eridorthis sp., Glyptorthis sp.
Eridorthis sp. Foerste 1909
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp., Platystrophia elegantula, Platystrophia cf. amoena
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp.
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
"Dalmanella emacerata" = Heterorthina emacerata
"Dalmanella emacerata" = Heterorthina emacerata Hall 1860
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Dalmanella multisecta" = Cincinnetina multisecta, Dalmanella sp.
"Dalmanella multisecta" = Cincinnetina multisecta James 1871
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp., Rafinesquina winchesterensis
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp., Sowerbyella cf. rugosa
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp., Eridotrypa cf. briareus
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomella sp.
Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Atactopora sp., ? Heterotrypa sp., Heterotrypa cf. frondosa
? Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Heterotrypa cf. frondosa Dorbigny 1850
 Trepostomata - Dittoporidae
Hemiphragma sp.
Hemiphragma sp. Ulrich 1893
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp., Hallopora onealli, Hallopora cf. onealli
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria cf. teres
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
? Ceramoporella sp., ? Ceramophylla sp.
? Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora persimilis
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp., Peronopora cf. decipiens, Peronopora milleri, Homotrypa sp.
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp., "Arthropora sp." = Graptodictya
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
"Arthropora sp." = Graptodictya Ulrich 1882
Trilobita
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus
"Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus Pribyl 1946 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Acidaspis sp.
Acidaspis sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
? Cryptolithus sp.
? Cryptolithus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Isotelus sp.
? Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
? Gravicalymene sp.
? Gravicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
? Ceraurus sp.
? Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Ceratopsis intermedia
 Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
Milleratia aff. shideleri
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Leperditella sp.