PBDB Collection

Catheys (nodular facies) - Wilson, 1949 (Ordovician to of the United States)

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

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Catheys Formation, Franklinian to Franklinian (457.3 - 450.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone and packstone

• Geological information from field notes of S.M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky

• dark gray medium-bedded skeletal wackestones and packstones, with markedly irregular bedding surfaces. separated by very thin interbeds of dark gray mudstone.

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

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 5370: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 28.09.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	Rafinesquina alternata Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Orthorhynchulidae	Orthorhynchula linneyi Orthorhynchula linneyi James 1881
Orthida - Platystrophiidae	Platystrophia globosa, Platystrophia precursor, Platystrophia elegantula, Platystrophia amoena, Platystrophia colbiensis Platystrophia globosa Platystrophia precursor P. precursor, P.p.angustata, P.p.profunda, P.p.latiformis Platystrophia elegantula McEwan 1919 P. elegantula triplicata Platystrophia amoena McEwan 1919 P. amoena & P.a. robusta Platystrophia colbiensis Foerste 1910 P. colbiensis & P.c. mutata
Orthida - Plectorthidae	Hebertella sinuata, Hebertella occidentalis, Hebertella frankfortensis Hebertella sinuata Hall 1847 Hebertella occidentalis Hall 1847 Hebertella frankfortensis James 1871
Stenolaemata
Cystoporata - Constellariidae	Constellaria emaciata, Constellaria teres, Constellaria cf. fischeri, Constellaria cf. florida Constellaria emaciata Constellaria teres Constellaria cf. fischeri Constellaria cf. florida Ulrich 1882
Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae	Amplexopora cylindracea Amplexopora cylindracea
Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae	Peronopora milleri, Homotrypa minnesotensis, Homotrypa subramosa Peronopora milleri Homotrypa minnesotensis H. minnesotensis & H.m. montifera Homotrypa subramosa Ulrich 1886
Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae	Escharopora cf. maculata, Escharopora cf. pavonia Escharopora cf. maculata Escharopora cf. pavonia
Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae	Heterotrypa parvulipora, Heterotrypa cf. frondosa Heterotrypa parvulipora Heterotrypa cf. frondosa Dorbigny 1850
Trepostomata - Trematoporidae	Batostoma minnesotensis, Batostoma fertile Batostoma minnesotensis Batostoma fertile Ulrich 1886
Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae	Eridotrypa briareus Eridotrypa briareus
Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae	Paupospira burginensis, Lophospira producta Paupospira burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail Lophospira producta Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Cyclonema varicosum Cyclonema varicosum Hall 1861 snail
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Columnariidae	Columnaria alveolata Columnaria alveolata Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae	Stromatocerium pustulosum Stromatocerium pustulosum stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae	Hindia parva, Hindia cf. sphaeroidalis Hindia parva demosponge Hindia cf. sphaeroidalis Duncan 1879 demosponge
Florideophyceae
-	"Tetradium fibratum" = Prismostylus fibratum "Tetradium fibratum" = Prismostylus fibratum Safford 1856