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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: open shallow subtidal; 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 86005: authorized by Karen Layou, entered by Karen Layou on 23.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862 | |
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Stenolaemata | |
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Escharopora sp. Hall 1847 | |
Rhinidictya sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea "group C" Miller 1821 Sea lily
Crinoidea "group D" Miller 1821 Sea lily |