00-PKM-31.6: Edenian, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
1 individual
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
16 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Eridorthis nicklesi (Foerste 1909)
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
9 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira modesta (Hall 1847)
10 individuals
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania scabiosa (Hall 1866)
1 individual
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
2 individuals
bifoliate trepostome
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
9 individuals
ramose trepostome
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus tesselatus Green 1832
4 individuals
corrected as Cryptolithus tessellatus
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
2 individuals
Trilobita - Odontopleurida
Odontopleurida indet. Whittington 1959
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Franklin
Coordinates: 38.3° North, 84.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.0° South, 63.1° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Local age/stage:Edenian
Key time interval:Edenian
Age range of interval:460.90000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Clays Ferry
Local section:Peaks Mill Local bed:31.6 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Frankfort, KY
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:intraclastic,shelly/skeletal,gray lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology:gray lithified 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:61 individuals
Rock censused:1600 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48773
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]