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USGS 4874-CO: between Trinity and Antioch Churches; 1 mile southwest of north end of Kentucky Rte 595 on Kentucky River, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	37.7917,-84.4958
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Kentucky, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
USGS 4874-CO: between Trinity and Antioch Churches; 1 mile southwest of north end of Kentucky Rte 595 on Kentucky River	Cressman E. R. (1973)	Lexington - Grier	Local Section no. 180	"limestone"	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
USGS 4876-CO: between Trinity and Antioch Churches; 1 mile southwest of north end of Kentucky Rte 595 on Kentucky River	Wahlman G.P. (1992)	Lexington - Grier	Local section no. 180	"limestone"	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
USGS 4879-CO: between Trinity and Antioch Churches; 1 mile southwest of north end of Kentucky Rte 595 on Kentucky River	Wahlman G.P. (1992)	Lexington - Grier	Local section no. 180	"limestone"	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
USGS 4880-CO: between Trinity and Antioch Churches; 1 mile southwest of north end of Kentucky Rte 595 on Kentucky River	Wahlman G.P. (1992)	Lexington - Grier	Local section no. 180	"limestone"	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
USGS 4883-CO: between Trinity and Antioch Churches; 1 mile southwest of north end of Kentucky Rte 595 on Kentucky River	Wahlman G.P. (1992)	Lexington - Grier	Local section no. 180	"limestone"	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Isotelus gigas species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Isotelus : *Isotelus gigas*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Hebertella frankfortensis species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Hebertella : *Hebertella frankfortensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Rhynchotrema increbescens species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Rhynchotrema : *Rhynchotrema increbescens*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Pionomena recens species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Glyptomenidae : Pionomena : *Pionomena recens*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sowerbyella grierensis species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Sowerbyella : *Sowerbyella grierensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Oncoceras sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : *Oncoceras*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Bucanopsis carinifera species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bucanopsis : *Bucanopsis carinifera*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sphenosphaera burginensis subspecies	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : Bellerophon troosti : *Bellerophon troosti burginensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sphenosphaera rogersensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : *Sphenosphaera rogersensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Bucania sublata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Proserpinidae : Bucania : *Bucania sublata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Carinaropsis cymbula species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pterothecidae : Carinaropsis : *Carinaropsis cymbula*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Alaskadiscus subacutus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Temnodiscidae : Alaskodiscus : *Alaskadiscus subacutus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Clathrospira conica species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Clathrospira : *Clathrospira conica*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Clathrospira subconica species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Eotomariidae : Clathrospira : *Clathrospira subconica*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Liospira progne species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Liospira : *Pleurotomaria progne*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Lophospira perangulata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira : *Murchisonia perangulata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Archinacella simulatrix species	Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Archinacellida : Archinacellidae : Archinacella : *Archinacella simulatrix*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Cyrtolites retrorsus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Cyrtolitidae : Cyrtolites : *Cyrtolites retrorsus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

References

Ross R. J., Jr. (1967) Calymenid and Other Ordovician Trilobites from Kentucky and Ohio, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 583 B, 1-19

Cressman E. R. (1973) Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky, USGS Professional Paper 768, 1-61

Howe H. J. (1979) Middle and Late Ordovician plectambonitacean, rhynchonellacean, syntrophiacean, trimerellacean, and atrypacean brachiopods: descriptions and illustrations of 14 species of Ordovician brachiopods, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 C, C1-C17

Pope J. K. (1982) Some silicifled strophomenacean brachiopods from the Ordovician of Kentucky, with comments on the genus Pionomena, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 L, 1-30

Walker L. G. (1982) The brachiopod genera Hebertella, Dalmanella, and Heterorthina from the Ordovician of Kentucky, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066M, 1-17

Wagner P. J. (1990) Phylogenetic analysis of the Lophospiridae (Gastropoda : Pleurotomariina) of the Ordovician and Silurian, Michigan State University, 1-155

Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123

Frey R. C. (1995) Middle and Upper Ordovician nautiloid cephalopods of the Cincinnati Arch region of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066P, 1-126

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