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Lexington Limestone - Macedonia Bed, Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
Formation | Lexington Limestone |
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Member | Macedonia Bed |
Age: | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician |
Interval | Chatfieldian |
Tectonic Setting | Cratonic basin |
Lithology | lime mudstone/"shale" |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 11 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Curdsville Mbr. | Woodford County, Kentucky, USA | Lexington Limestone - Macedonia Bed |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Clays Ferry | 452 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | packstone/"shale", grainstone/mudstone, packstone/mudstone, "limestone"/"shale", "limestone" | 378 |
Lexington Limestone - Brannon | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone/"shale" | 13 |
Lexington Limestone - Cane Run Bed | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone | 19 |
Lexington Limestone - Cornishville | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone/grainstone | 4 |
Lexington Limestone - Curdsville Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone, grainstone/packstone, grainstone | 133 |
Lexington Limestone - Devils Hollow | 461 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | wackestone, grainstone/lime mudstone, lime mudstone/mudstone, conglomerate/"limestone", "limestone" | 68 |
Lexington Limestone - Grier Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone, grainstone/lime mudstone, packstone/mudstone, lime mudstone/mudstone | 376 |
Lexington Limestone - Logana | 458 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | lime mudstone/"shale", lime mudstone/mudstone, packstone, "limestone"/"shale", "limestone"/packstone | 89 |
Lexington Limestone - Millersburg | 458 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | packstone/"shale", packstone/mudstone, packstone, packstone/grainstone, packstone/wackestone, "limestone" | 177 |
Lexington Limestone - Salvisa | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone | 20 |
Lexington Limestone - Stamping Ground | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | packstone/"shale" | 11 |
Lexington Limestone - Sulphur Well | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | packstone/"shale" | 17 |
Lexington Limestone - Tanglewood | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | grainstone/packstone | 71 |
Recorded Fossils
References
Cressman E. R. (1973) Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of central Kentucky, USGS Professional Paper 768, 1-61 |
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!