93JS1: Caradoc, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
|
|||||||
|
Lophospira sp.
Whitfield 1886
|
9 individuals | ||||||
|
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
|
|||||||
|
Liospira sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
|
8 individuals | ||||||
|
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Subulitidae
|
|||||||
|
Subulites sp.
Emmons 1842
|
1 individual | ||||||
|
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
|
|||||||
|
Strophomena sp.
Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
|
3 individuals | ||||||
|
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
|
|||||||
|
Hesperorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
|
1 individual | ||||||
|
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
|
|||||||
|
Doleroides sp.
Cooper 1930
|
82 individuals | ||||||
|
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
|
|||||||
|
Rostricellula sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
|
1 individual | ||||||
|
Stenolaemata
- Phylloporinidae
|
|||||||
|
Chasmatopora sp.
Eichwald 1860
|
1 individual | ||||||
|
Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Escharoporidae
|
|||||||
|
Escharopora sp.
Hall 1847
|
7 individuals | ||||||
|
Tentaculita
- Cornulitida
- Cornulitidae
|
|||||||
|
Cornulites sp.
Schlotheim 1820
|
1 individual | ||||||
|
Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
|
|||||||
|
Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
|
1 individual | ||||||
|
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pterygometopidae
|
|||||||
|
Pterygometopus sp.
Schmidt 1881
|
2 individuals | ||||||
|
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
|
|||||||
|
Ceraurus sp.
Green 1832
|
4 individuals | ||||||
|
Ostracoda
- Leperditicopida
- Leperditiidae
|
|||||||
|
Eoleperditia sp.
Swartz 1949
|
6 individuals | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 86.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.8° South, 65.9° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | *Epoch: | Caradoc | *Local age/stage: | Black Riveran |
| Key time interval: | Caradoc | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lebanon Limestone |
| Local section: | Jefferson Springs |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | current ripples,burrows,hardground packstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" | ||
| Environment: | deep subtidal ramp | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 1896 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-06-11 07:29:45 | Last modified: | 2001-08-30 17:52:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46. | M. E. Patzkowsky and S. M. Holland. 1999. Biofacies Replacement in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Nashville Dome, Tennessee, USA. Palaios 14(4):301-317 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement] |