Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 84.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 63.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Salvisa Member (Lexington Limestone Formation), Chatfieldian (453.8 - 451.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, gray lime mudstone and lithified, brown, gray lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: E. R. Cressman. 1973. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky. USGS Professional Paper 768:1-61 [M. Patzkowsky/M. Patzkowsky/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34555: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 09.09.2003, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862 | |
? Protozyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Hebertella frankfortensis James 1871 | |
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchotrema increbescens Hall 1847 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rafinesquina trentonensis Hall 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam | |
Colpomya cf. faba Hall 1847 clam | |
Palaeoneilo socialis clam | |
Ctenodonta regia clam
"Ctenodonta" aff. longa Ulrich 1894 clam | |
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam | |
Rostroconchia | |
Pojetaconcha cressmani Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 | |
Ostracoda | |
Isochilina cf. ampla ostracod | |
Eoleperditia cf. catheysensis ostracod |