Kendrick Shale Unit: Morrowan, Kentucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Endothyridae
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Planoendothyra cf. whitesidei
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2.2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Planoendothyra cf. whitesidei" | ||||||||||
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Endothyranella kentuckyensis
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40 specimens | |||||||||
| type locality | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 83.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.1° South, 23.3° West |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Bashkirian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Morrowan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.2 - 318.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Breathitt | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Morrowan series |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Foraminifera only; abundances listed are log-means of listed ranges in paper for rare/common, and extrapolated ratio for abundant | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 12 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2006-08-06 23:43:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4. | R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1998. Pennsylvanian endothyroid foraminifera from the Appalachian Basin. Journal of Paleontology 72(3):405-418 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |