Hermitage (Curdsville) - Wilson, 1949: Turinian, Tennessee

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Leperditella sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene senaria Conrad 1841
recombined as Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) senaria
Tentaculita - Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras bilineatum (Hall 1847)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclora minuta Hall 1845
recombined as Cyclonema minuta
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Conradella dyeri (Hall 1872)
recombined as Phragmolites dyeri
Conradella dyeri cellulosa
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta hermitagenesis
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Scenidium anthonense (Sardeson 1894)
recombined as Skenidioides anthonense
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis pectinella Emmons 1842
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia extensa McEwan 1920
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
Heterorthis clytie
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella fertilis Ulrich 1909
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Pianodema subaequata (Conrad 1843)
recombined as Pionodema subaequata
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira recurvirostris (Hall 1847)
recombined as Anazyga recurvirostra
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema increbescens (Hall 1847)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea cellulosa
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Stictoporella angularis
Phaenopora spp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Pachydictya spp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Nematopora spp.
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria varia Ulrich 1893
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Calloporina parva
replaced by Halloporina
Amplexopora spp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Prasopora patera
Atactoporella insueta
Homotrypella spp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
Cyphotrypa spp.
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa inflata (Nicholson 1875)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Dekayella praenuntia Ulrich 1893
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa spp.
Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae
Phylloporina reticulata
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora trentonensis
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Columnariidae
Columnaria alveolata Goldfuss 1826
Columnaria alveolata minor
Demospongiae - Sigmatosclerophorida - Dystactospongiidae
Dystactospongia sp. Miller 1882
misspelled in Wilson as Dystatospongia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Tennessee
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 86.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° South, 66.4° West
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Epoch:Middle Caradoc
*Local age/stage:Early/Lower Shermanian
Key time interval:Turinian Conodont zone: Phragmodus undatus
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 453.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hermitage Member:Curdsville
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Was given as Shermanian, but the Hermitage & Curdsville are older than that.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic,shelly/skeletal,gray lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: thin to medium-bedded skeletal and phosphatic packstones, interbedded with dark gray mudstones
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Geologic information from field notes of S.M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Includes both lists from Wilson, 1949; one from Curdsville and one from Bassler's (1932) list from the Constellaria varia bed, which is probably Curdsville, according to Wilson.
Metadata
Database number:5347
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:S. Holland
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-27 09:52:04 Last modified:2018-03-24 00:43:12
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-27 09:52:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

317. C. W. Wilson. 1949. Pre-Chattanooga stratigraphy in Central Tennessee. Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 56:1-415 [S. Holland/S. Holland]