Upper Whitesburg Fm.: Llandeilo, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
- Acrotretidae
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Conotreta sp.
Walcott 1889
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Westonia sp.
Walcott 1901
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Ectenoglossa sp.
Sinclair 1945
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Lingulella sp.
Salter 1866
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Elliptoglossa sp.
Cooper 1956
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Paterulidae
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Paterula sp.
Barrande 1879
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Trematidae
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Trematis sp.
Sharpe 1848
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Multicostella sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Camerellidae
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Camerella sp.
Billings 1859
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Triplesia sp.
Hall 1859
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Anisopleurella sp.
Cooper 1956
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptellinidae
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Leptellina sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1936
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Remopleurididae
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Robergia sp.
Wiman 1905
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Raphiophoridae
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Ampyxina sp.
Ullrich 1922
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Ampyx sp.
(Dalman 1827)
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
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? Palaeocopida indet.
Henningsmoen 1953
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
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Graptoloidea indet.
Lapworth 1875
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Retiolitidae
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Glyptograptus sp.
Lapworth 1873
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Conodontophorida
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Conodontophorida indet.
Eichenberg 1930
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 83.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.3° South, 66.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| Stage: | Darriwilian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 3 |
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician | *Epoch: | Llandeilo |
| Key time interval: | Llandeilo | ||
| Age range of interval: | 461.3 - 458.4 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Whitesburg | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "M.Ord." |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black argillaceous "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | slope |
| Geology comments: "black shale w/ argillaceous ls. slope BA6. geosyncline" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Cooper, 1956 [most brachs]. K.R.Walker, T.W.Broadhead, F.B.Keller, eds. 1980. Middle Ord. carbonate shelf to deep water deposition in the southern Appalachians. Univ. Tenn. Dept. Geol. Sci., Studies in Geology #4. 120p." | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 309 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2017-01-02 02:49:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60917. | K. R. Walker, T. W. Broadhead, and F. B. Keller. 1980. Middle Ordovician carbonate shelf to deep water deposition in the southern Appalachians. University of Tennessee Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Studies in Geology (4)1-120 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 42189 | G. A. Cooper. 1956. New Pennsylvanian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):521-530 [M. Clapham/K. Badyrka ] |