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Jeffersonville Limestone - Coral Zone, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Formation	Jeffersonville Limestone
Member	Coral Zone
Age:	393 - 388 Ma Devonian
Interval	Eifelian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	54

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Falls of the Ohio	Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA	Jeffersonville Limestone - Coral Zone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Sellersburg - Beechwood	388 - 383 Ma Devonian	shale	2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Anchiopella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Diaphanometopidae : *Anchiopella*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Meristella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae : *Meristella*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Aulocystis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Aulocystidae : *Aulocystis*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Aulopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporidae : *Aulopora*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Auloporidae family	5	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporidae	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Romingeria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Romingeriidae : *Romingeria*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Romingeria umbellifera species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporida : Romingeriidae : Romingeria : *Romingeria umbellifera*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Syringopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Syringopora*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Alveolites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alveolitidae : *Alveolites*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Alveolitinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Alveolitidae : Alveolitinae	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Platyaxum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Coenitidae : *Platyaxum*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Emmonsia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Emmonsia*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Favosites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Favosites*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Favositinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Favositidae : Favositinae	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Micheliniinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Micheliniidae : Micheliniinae	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Pleurodictyum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Micheliniidae : *Pleurodictyum*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Cladopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : *Cladopora*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Thamnopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : *Thamnopora*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Disphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastraeidae : *Disphyllum*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Hexagonaria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : *Hexagonaria*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Acinophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Eridophyllidae : *Acinophyllum*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Eridophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Craspedophyllidae : *Eridophyllum*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Eridophyllum seriale species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Craspedophyllidae : Eridophyllum : *Eridophyllum seriale*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Billingsastraea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastreidae : *Billingsastraea*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Hoareicardia cunea species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Hippocardiidae : Hoareicardia : *Hoareicardia cunea*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Stromatoporida order	4	Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Stromatoporida	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian

References

Kissling D. L., Lineback J. A. (1967) Paleoecological Analysis of Corals and Stromatoporoids in a Devonian Biostrome, Falls of the Ohio, Kentucky-Indiana, Geological Society America Bulletin 78, 157-174

Pojeta J., Runnegar B. (1976) The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968, 1-88

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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