Lebanon (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Tennessee (35.5° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 66.4° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lebanon Limestone Formation, Blackriveran (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: burrowed, shelly/skeletal packstone and grainstone

• interbedded very thin to medium bedded calcisiltites, packstones, grainstones, and calcareous mudstones. calcisiltites: peloidal, commonly with planar lamination, hummocky cross-lamination, tool marks, trace fossils. skeletal packstones commonly fining upward, with erosional bases. grainstones commonly echinodermal and intraclastic. mudstones typically dolomitic and burrowed.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Wilson. 1949. Pre-Chattanooga stratigraphy in Central Tennessee. Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 56:1-415 [S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5331: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 24.09.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Wilson (1949) combines the lists of Coryell (1921) and Bassler (1932); Gastropods ultimately from Ulrich & Scofield 1897
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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora compacta
Tetradium
  -
Tetradium syringoporoides
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma ? parisiticum
 Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
Fletcheria incerta
Licrophycus
  -
Licrophycus libana
Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida - Cleiocrinidae
Cleiocrinus tessallatus
Asteroidea
 Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae
Hudsonaster narrowayi
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema eccentricum, "Trochonema umbilicatum" = Trochonema umbilicata
Trochonema eccentricum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Trochonema umbilicatum" = Trochonema umbilicata Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Eunema centralis2, "Lophospira peracuta" = Paupospira burginensis
Eunema centralis2 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Lophospira peracuta" = Paupospira burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira americana, Liospira progne
Liospira americana Billings 1860 snail
Liospira progne Billings 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites nanus
Subulites nanus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
originally entered Subulites manus
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Tetranota bidorsata, Tetranota sexcarinata
Tetranota bidorsata Hall 1847 snail
Tetranota sexcarinata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Conradella grandis n. sp." = Phragmolites triangularis1
"Conradella grandis n. sp." = Phragmolites triangularis1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca saffordi
Pterotheca saffordi Hall 1861 snail
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
"Eccyliomphalus undulatus" = Lytospira undulatus
"Eccyliomphalus undulatus" = Lytospira undulatus Hall 1861 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites magnus
Maclurites magnus Le Sueur 1818 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella lebanonensis
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena filitexta
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Rafinesquina incrassata" = Dactylogonia incrassata
"Rafinesquina incrassata" = Dactylogonia incrassata Hall 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Valcourea deflecta" = Campylorthis deflecta
"Valcourea deflecta" = Campylorthis deflecta Conrad 1843
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis bellarugosa
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis tricenaria
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
"Hebertella borealis" = Mimella borealis
"Hebertella borealis" = Mimella borealis Billings 1859
 Orthida - Draboviidae
"Pianodema subaequata" = Pionodema subaequata
"Pianodema subaequata" = Pionodema subaequata Conrad 1843
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira saffordi
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
"Scenidium halli" = Skenidium
"Scenidium halli" = Skenidium
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia orientalis" = Rostricellula orientalis
"Camarotoechia orientalis" = Rostricellula orientalis Billings 1859
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramoporella grandis
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa tennesseensis, Corynotrypa delicatula
  - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatopora sublaxa
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Arthroclema striatum, Helopora spiniformis
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Trigonodictya irregularis, Rhinidictya basalis, Rhinidictya lebanonensis, Rhinidictya trentonensis, Rhinidictya tabulata, Pachydictya cf. foliata
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora briareus, Escharopora libana, Escharopora ramosa
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyonidae
Hemidictya lebanonensis
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Monticulipora discula, Orbignyella nodosa
 Trepostomida -
Nicholsonella frondifera, Nicholsonella pulchra
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
"Batostoma libana" = Batostoma, "Stromatotrypa lamellata" = Batostoma
"Batostoma libana" = Batostoma
"Stromatotrypa lamellata" = Batostoma
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Pterygometopus troosti
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Ceraurinus scofieldi" = Ceraurinella scofieldi
"Ceraurinus scofieldi" = Ceraurinella scofieldi Clarke 1897 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina subradiata
 Beyrichicopida - Drepanellidae
Drepanella elongata, Drepanella macra
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia fabulites
1Ulrich and Scofield 1897; 2Wagner 2023