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USGS 5067-CO. Hillside pasture, Clark County, Kentucky, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	37.9144,-84.2631
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Kentucky, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Clark County, Kentucky, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
USGS 5067-CO. Hillside pasture, west side of US Rte 227.	Frey R. C. (1995)	Lexington Limestone - Grier Limestone	"140 ft above the top of the Tyrone Limestone."	"limestone"	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Isotelus sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : *Isotelus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Modiolodon sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Iridinidae : *Modiolodon*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Deceptrix sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : *Deceptrix*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Polygrammoceras sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratidae : *Polygrammoceras*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Isorthoceras albersi species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Proteoceratidae : Isorthoceras : *Isorthoceras albersi*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sphenosphaera rogersensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : *Sphenosphaera rogersensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sphenosphaera troosti species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : *Bellerophon troosti*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Carinaropsis cymbula species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pterothecidae : Carinaropsis : *Carinaropsis cymbula*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Lophospira perangulata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira : *Murchisonia perangulata*	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. (1979) Additional trilobites from the Ordovician of Kentucky, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 D, D1-D13

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

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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