Where: Anderson County, Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° S, 63.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Plectodina tenuis conodont zone, Grier Member (Lexington Formation), Shermanian (460.9 - 449.5 Ma)
• above base of Curdsville formation; Section No. 176
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original silica
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: E. R. Cressman. 1973. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky. USGS Professional Paper 768:1-61 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77357: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 09.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tergomya | |
Archinacella simulatrix3 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 | |
Polyplacophora | |
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Gastropoda | |
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"Bucania nashvillensis" = Loxobucania nashvillensis3
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Rostroconchia | |
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Strophomenata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Lingulata | |
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Trilobita | |
"Platylichas halli" = Autoloxolichas halli2
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