Basal Bellevue Fm.: Maysvillian, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Donaldiella sp.
Cossmann 1903
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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= Donaldiella bowdeni
Safford 1869
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
| recombined as Paupospira bowdeni | ||||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Petrocrania sp.
Raymond 1910
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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= Petrocrania scabiosa
Hall 1866
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira sp.
Hall 1862
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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= Zygospira modesta
Hall 1847
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Hebertella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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= Hebertella sinuata
Hall 1847
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia laticosta
(James 1871)
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Frey 1987 | 15 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Orthis laticostata | ||||||||||
| P. ponderosa has only 3 specimens | ||||||||||
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Platystrophia sp.
King 1850
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 species | ||||||||||
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= Platystrophia ponderosa
Foerste 1909
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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= Rafinesquina ponderosa
Hayes and Ulrich 1903
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Heterotrypa sp.
Nicholson 1879
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rare category | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Calopora sp.
(Hall 1851)
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common category | |||||||||
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= Calopora ramosa
Dorbigny 1850
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
| recombined as Parvohallopora ramosa | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Batostomellidae
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Batostomella sp.
Bassler 1911
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common category | |||||||||
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= Batostomella gracilis
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Frey 1987 | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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uncommon category | |||||||||
| crinoid | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Kenton |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 84.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.4° South, 60.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Ordovician | *Local age/stage: | Maysvillian |
| Key time interval: | Maysvillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 450.40000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bellevue | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Mayvillian (U. Ord.)" "basal Member": but Bellevue has no members! | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | packstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: "brach-trepostome packstone (1 exposure) BA2, perhaps toward BA3" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Frey, 1987b" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 375 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Sommers, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2018-04-27 22:50:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61146. | R. C. Frey. 1987. The paleoecology of a Late Ordovician shale unit from southwest Ohio and southeastern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 61:242-267 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11467 | R. C. Frey. 1987. The occurrence of pelecypods in early Paleozoic epeiric-sea environments, Late Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Palaios 2(1):3-23 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |