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Echinoderms from Middle and Upper Ordovician rocks of Kentucky

January 1, 1981

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.

Publication Year 1981
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