Lexington Limestone (Shermanian), Kentucky (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.0° N, 85.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.5° S, 114.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lexington Limestone Formation, Shermanian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. L. Karklins. 1987. Bryozoa from Rocklandian (Middle Ordovician) rocks of the Upper Mississippi Valley region. Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 173-176 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23387: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 13.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae