00-FN-40.1B: Chatfieldian, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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22 individuals | ||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
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Strophomenida indet.
Opik 1934
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8 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 individuals | ||||||
Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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1 individual | ||||||
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Gravicalymene sp.
Shirley 1936
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2 individuals | ||||||
Trilobita
- Proetida
- Tropidocoryphidae
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Decoroproetus parviusculus
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1 individual | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Franklin |
Coordinates: | 38.2° North, 84.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° South, 63.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | *Local age/stage: | Chatfieldian |
Key time interval: | Chatfieldian | ||
Age range of interval: | 453.70000 - 451.10000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lexington Limestone | Member: | Grier Limestone | ||
Local section: | Frankfort North | Local bed: | 40.1 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Frankfort, KY | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Macedonia Bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray lithified silty lime mudstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | gray lithified silty mudstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | offshore ramp | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
Collection size: | 37 individuals |
Rock censused: | 1800 cm2 (area) |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 48747 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | S. Holland | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-30 10:55:41 | Last modified: | 2005-03-30 13:55:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-30 10:55:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9838. | S. M. Holland and M. E. Patzkowsky. 2004. Ecosystem structure and stability: middle Upper Ordovician of central Kentucky, USA. Palaios 19(4):316-331 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Bruning] |