Irvine north section, sample 12: Llandovery, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Walliser 1964
29 specimens
Lonchodina greilingi Walliser 1957
1 specimen
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Neoprioniodus costatus
2 specimens
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus planus
1 specimen
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus subcarnus
3 specimens
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus triangularis Walliser 1964
2 specimens
Diadelognathus sp. Nicoll and Rexroad 1969
1 specimen
Diadelognathus excertus Nicoll and Rexroad 1969
4 specimens
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
Acodus unicostatus
1 specimen
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
Ligonodina variabilis
1 specimen
synonym of Oulodus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Spathognathodus ranuliformis Walliser 1964
1 specimen
recombined as Kockelella ranuliformis
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae
Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964
1 specimen
Carniodus carnicus Walliser 1964
2 specimens
synonym of Carniodus carnulus
Carniodus carnus Walliser 1964
5 specimens
synonym of Carniodus carnulus
Carniodus carinthiacus WalIiser 1964
6 specimens
synonym of Carniodus carnulus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodina hanoverensis
1 specimen
Ozarkodina gaertneri Walliser 1964
14 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
Spathognathodus polinclinatus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968
4 specimens
recombined as Wurmiella polinclinata
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus simplex
15 specimens
Panderodus recurvatus (Rhodes 1953)
1 specimen
synonym of Panderodus panderi
Panderodus unicostatus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
24 specimens
original and current combination Paltodus unicostatus
Subspecies "Panderodus unicostatus serratus (5)", "Panderodus unicostatus unicostatus (18)", "Panderodus unicostatus n. subsp. (1)"
Panderodus gracilis (Branson and Mehl 1933)
18 specimens
Conodonta
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960
1 specimen
Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae
Acodus curvatus Branson and Branson 1947
1 specimen
recombined as Walliserodus curvatus
Conodonta - Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
Distacodus obliquicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933
1 specimen
recombined as Dapsilodus obliquicostatus
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus costulatus
4 specimens
Paltodus multicostatus
1 specimen
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856
1 specimen
Paltodus dyscritus Rexroad 1967
2 specimens
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Drepanodus aduncus
1 specimen
Drepanodus subrectus
1 specimen
unclassified
Exochognathus brevialatus
1 specimen
Exochognathus caudatus
1 specimen
Exochognathus detortus
1 specimen
Exochognathus expansus (Nicoll and Rexroad 1969)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Estill
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 84.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° South, 54.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Llandovery
Age range of interval:443.80000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Esill Shale
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: dolomite
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:181744
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-09-30 08:37:00 Last modified:2016-09-30 08:37:00
Access level:authorizer only Released:2018-09-30 08:37:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60430. C. B. Rexroad and R. S. Nicoll. 1972. Conodonts from the Estill Shale (Silurian, Kentucky and Ohio) and their Bearing on Multielement Taxonomy. Geologlca et Palaeontologlca SB1:57-74 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]