C3 - Bedford, Kentucky (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Trimble County, Kentucky (38.6° N, 85.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.7° S, 115.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mt. Auburn Member (McMillan Formation), Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: collected in the field

Primary reference: B. C. Klingensmith. 2007. GIS-based biogeography of Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician) brachiopods with special reference to Hebertella. [A. Stigall/A. Stigall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76244: authorized by Alycia Stigall, entered by Alycia Stigall on 16.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina ponderosa Hayes and Ulrich 1903