Catheys (pale-colored 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 work of S.M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky
• medium-bedded, dark gray skeletal wackestones and packstones, separated by partings and very thin beds 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 5371: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 28.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Tetradium
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Tetradium ulrichi
Florideophyceae
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"Tetradium fibratum" = Prismostylus fibratum
"Tetradium fibratum" = Prismostylus fibratum Safford 1856
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium pustulosum
Stromatocerium pustulosum stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia cf. sphaeroidalis
Hindia cf. sphaeroidalis Duncan 1879 demosponge
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia pondi
 Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Isochilina ampla
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Orthorhynchulidae
Orthorhynchula linneyi
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella occidentalis, Hebertella sinuata, Hebertella frankfortensis
Hebertella sinuata Hall 1847
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia precursor
Platystrophia precursor
P.precursor, P.p.angustata, P.p.profunda, P.p.latiformis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma fertile
Batostoma fertile Ulrich 1886
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Heterotrypa cf. frondosa
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora pulchella
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa aedilis
Eridotrypa aedilis Eichwald 1855
Eridotrypa aedilis minor
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora cylindracea
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria emaciata, Constellaria teres, Constellaria cf. fischeri
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora cf. pavonia
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae
"Cyrtoceras vallandighami" = Augustoceras vallandighami
"Cyrtoceras vallandighami" = Augustoceras vallandighami Miller 1874
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema varicosum
Cyclonema varicosum Hall 1861 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869 snail