Hollis Creek 4 (03HC5Dc): Mohawkian, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tetradium sp.
Dana 1846
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40 individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea informal group D
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Crinoidea informal group F
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Crinoidea informal group G
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea informal group H
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cyrtodontidae
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Whitella sp.
Ulrich 1890
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Cyrtodontula | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Rhynchotrema sp.
Hall 1860
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira sp.
Hall 1862
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Anazyga sp.
Davidson 1882
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Hebertella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
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Trepostomida informal sp. D
(Ulrich 1882)
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24 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Trepostomata | ||||||||||
| thin ramose bryozoan | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Prasopora sp.
Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyidae
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Rhinidictya sp.
Ulrich 1882
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Escharoporidae
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Escharopora sp.
Hall 1847
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 86.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.1° South, 65.9° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Mohawkian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 457.00000 - 451.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hermitage |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal packstone |
| Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal calcareous siltstone |
| Lithology description: interbedded packstone, calcareous siltstone, and calcareous shale | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86113 | ||
| Authorizer: | K. Layou | Enterer: | K. Layou | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-25 11:40:59 | Last modified: | 2009-01-25 13:40:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-25 11:40:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28962. | K. M. Layou. 2009. Ecological restructuring after extinction: the Late Ordovician (Mohawkian) of the eastern United States. Palaios 24:118-128 [K. Layou/K. Layou] |