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Tate, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA

Formation	Tate
Age:	452 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Interval	Caradocian
Tectonic Setting	Cratonic basin
Lithology	wackestone/mudstone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	25

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Ashlock Cemetary	Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA	Tate

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Isotelus gigas species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Isotelus : *Isotelus gigas*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Isotelus maximus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Isotelus : *Isotelus maximus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Flexicalymene meeki species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene : *Flexicalymene meeki*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Platystrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : *Platystrophia*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Platystrophia ponderosa species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : *Platystrophia ponderosa*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hebertella occidentalis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Hebertella : *Hebertella occidentalis*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Halloporidae family	5	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Halloporidae	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Modiolopsis modiolaris species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Modiolopsis : *Modiolopsis modiolaris*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Ambonychia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Ambonychia*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Pterinea demissa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Pterinea : *Pterinea demissa*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Treptoceras duseri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Proteoceratidae : Treptoceras : *Treptoceras duseri*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bellerophon capax species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : *Bellerophon capax*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sinuites cancellatus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Sinuitidae : Sinuites : *Sinuites cancellatus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Clathrospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : *Clathrospira*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Murchisonia bowdeni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Paupospira : *Murchisonia bowdeni*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

References

Novack-Gottshall P. M. (1999) Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati), 1-191

Novack-Gottshall P. M., Miller A.I. (2003) Taxonomic richness and abundance of Late Ordovician gastropods and bivalves in mollusc-rich strata of the Cincinnati Arch, Palaios 18, 559-571

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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