Bend section, sample 8: Llandovery, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus extrorsus
1 specimen
Distomodus egregia
2 specimens
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Pterospathodus amorphognathoides Walliser 1964
42 specimens
Lonchodina greilingi Walliser 1957
2 specimens
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Neoprioniodus costatus
2 specimens
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus subcarnus
1 specimen
synonym of Idioprioniodus
Neoprioniodus triangularis Walliser 1964
4 specimens
Diadelognathus excertus Nicoll and Rexroad 1969
1 specimen
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
Acodus unicostatus
6 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae
Carniodus carnulus Walliser 1964
1 specimen
Carniodus carnus Walliser 1964
1 specimen
synonym of Carniodus carnulus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodina neogaertneri
1 specimen
Ozarkodina gaertneri Walliser 1964
9 specimens
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus simplex
52 specimens
Panderodus recurvatus (Rhodes 1953)
1 specimen
synonym of Panderodus panderi
Panderodus unicostatus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
59 specimens
original and current combination Paltodus unicostatus
Subspecies "Panderodus unicostatus serratus (9)", "Panderodus unicostatus unicostatus (50)"
Panderodus gracilis (Branson and Mehl 1933)
40 specimens
Conodonta
Trichonodella sp. Branson and Branson 1947
1 specimen
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus debolti
7 specimens
Paltodus costulatus
2 specimens
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856
1 specimen
Paltodus dyscritus Rexroad 1967
10 specimens
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Drepanodus aduncus
3 specimens
unclassified
Exochognathus caudatus
1 specimen
Exochognathus brevialatus
2 specimens
Exochognathus expansus (Nicoll and Rexroad 1969)
1 specimen
Exochognathus brassfieldensis (Branson and Branson 1947)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Estill
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 84.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° 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:181748
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-09-30 10:27:54 Last modified:2016-09-30 10:27:54
Access level:authorizer only Released:2018-09-30 10:27:54
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]