Where: Kentucky (38.2° N, 84.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 63.2° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lexington Limestone Formation, Mohawkian (457.3 - 451.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; shelly/skeletal packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. M. Layou. 2009. Ecological restructuring after extinction: the Late Ordovician (Mohawkian) of the eastern United States. Palaios 24:118-128 [K. Layou/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85970: authorized by Karen Layou, entered by Karen Layou on 23.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bryozoa | |
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Stenolaemata | |
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847 | |
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Prasopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1877 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiomorphidae indet. Miller 1877 clam | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea "group A", Crinoidea "group C", Crinoidea "group F", Crinoidea "group G", Crinoidea "group H"
Crinoidea "group A" Miller 1821 Sea lily
Crinoidea "group C" Miller 1821 Sea lily
Crinoidea "group F" Miller 1821 Sea lily
Crinoidea "group G" Miller 1821 Sea lily
Crinoidea "group H" Miller 1821 Sea lily |