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 |