Covington (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kenton County, Kentucky (39.3° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 25.8° S, 60.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fairmount Member (Fairview Formation), Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

• C2 sequence

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: museum: CiNHM

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 78110: authorized by Alycia Stigall, entered by Alycia Stigall on 28.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plectorthidae