Where: Madison County, Kentucky (37.9° N, 84.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 63.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, intraclastic, shelly/skeletal, gray grainstone and lithified, gray mudstone

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Primary reference: S. M. Holland and M. E. Patzkowsky. 2004. Ecosystem structure and stability: middle Upper Ordovician of central Kentucky, USA. Palaios 19(4):316-331 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48816: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 30.03.2005

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