Echinoderms from Middle and Upper Ordovician rocks of Kentucky
The Middle and Upper Ordovician limestones of Kentucky, especially the Lexington Limestone, have yielded a diverse silicified echinoderm fauna, including: Stylophora-Enoploura cf. E. punctata; Paracrinoidea-A mygdalocystites; Crinoidea, Inadunata-Hybocrir/us tumidus, Hybocystites problem,aticus, Carabocrinus sp., Cupulocrinus sp., Heterocrinus sp.; Cyclocystoidea-Cyclocystoides sp. A rhombiferan cystoid, A mecystis laevis, from the Edinburg Formation, Virginia, is also discussed. No new taxa are introduced.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1981 |
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Title | Echinoderms from Middle and Upper Ordovician rocks of Kentucky |
DOI | 10.3133/pp1066K |
Authors | R.L. Parsley |
Publication Type | Report |
Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
Series Title | Professional Paper |
Series Number | 1066 |
Index ID | pp1066K |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |