Clay's Ferry 9 (05CF5Di) (Ordovician of the United States)
Where: Kentucky (37.9° N, 84.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 63.1° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lexington Limestone Formation, Mohawkian (457.5 - 452.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; shelly/skeletal packstone and calcareous shale
• interbedded thin packstones and calcareous shales
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. M. Layou. 2009. Ecological restructuring after extinction: the Late Ordovician (Mohawkian) of the eastern United States. Palaios 24:118-128 [K. Layou/K. Layou] more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86075: authorized by Karen Layou, entered by Karen Layou on 25.01.2009