150 yards above Kendrick homestead on head waters of Cow Creek: Morrowan, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Astarella sp.
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllum proliferum
McChesney 1860
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| recombined as Lophophyllidium proliferum | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Spirifer cameratus
Morton 1836
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| recombined as Neospirifer cameratus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer rockymontanus
(Marcou 1858)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Seminula subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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| recombined as Composita subtilita | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Productus cora
d'Orbigny 1842
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| recombined as Linoproductus cora | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoides convexa
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| original and current combination Orbiculoidea | ||||||||||
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Orbiculoides manhattensis
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| original and current combination Orbiculoidea | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Glossina nebraskensis
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| replaced by Palaeoglossa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiola subelliptica
(Meek 1867)
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| recombined as Volsellina subelliptica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Clinopistha radiata
(Hall 1858)
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| original and current combination Edmondia radiata | ||||||||||
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Allorisma sp.
King 1844
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus informal sp. A
King 1844
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Schizodus informal sp. B
King 1844
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana belliostriata
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula ventricosa
Hall 1858
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| replaced by Nuculopsis girtyi | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
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Nautilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Nautilida indet.
Agassiz 1847
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Clapham 2015 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Orthoceras rushensis
Meek and Worthen 1873
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| synonym of Pseudorthoceras knoxense | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Goniatitidae
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Goniatites sp.
Haan 1825
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Gastropoda
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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= Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
| Pleurotomaria sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Patellostium sp.
Waagen 1880
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon sp.
de Montfort 1808
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Soleniscus medialis
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| recombined as Ianthinopsis medialis | ||||||||||
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Soleniscus texanus
(Shumard 1859)
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| synonym of Strobeus primogenius | ||||||||||
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Soleniscus gracilis
(Cox 1857)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Pleurotomaria depressa
Cox 1857
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| replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Pleurotomaria tabulata
(Conrad 1835)
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| recombined as Worthenia tabulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Polyphemopsis peracuta
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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| recombined as Meekospira peracuta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Zygopleura nodosa
Girty 1915
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| recombined as Stephanozyga nodosa | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Floyd County |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 82.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.6° South, 22.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Bashkirian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Morrowan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.20000 - 318.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Breathitt | Member: | Kendrick Shale | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Kendrick shale lies about one hundred and seventy feet above the well known Prestonburg, Miller's Creek, or Van Lear coal...
...this is shown by the presence of the Brachiopod Spirifer rockymontanus .....should be placed in the lower part of the Wise formation or Upper Pottsville, with the Norton formation just below it correlating with the earliest Pottsville sediments This is now the Breathitt formation (PJW 2016-11-29). Uppermost Morrowan. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue calcareous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The horizon which has been named the Kendrick Shale for this outcrop, is a generally soft blue-gray calcareous shale carrying many calcareous and magnesium nodules | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Such fauna necessarily lived under peculiar, shallow, semi-marine conditions. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Fro a collection of several hundred invertebrate fossil specimens, taken from this locality and submitted to him for comparison, Professor Charles Schuchert, Curator of the Peabody Museum, has submitted the following tentative list of identifications | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kendrick Shale Type Locality | ||
| Database number: | 158165 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Novack-Gottshall, M. Clapham | Enterer: | S. Triple, M. Clapham, P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | ||
| Created: | 2014-07-16 09:13:11 | Last modified: | 2016-11-29 09:25:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-16 09:13:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51956. | W. R. Jillson. 1919. The Kendrick Shale - A New Calcareous Fossil Horizon in the Coal Measures of Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Department of Geology & Forestry, series V (of the Kentucky Geological Survey), Mineral & Forest Resources of Kentucky 1(2):95-104 [W. Kiessling/S. Triple] |
Secondary references:
| 27487 | M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |