Copyright ? 2006, The Paleonlological Society ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA (MOLLUSCA) FROM NORTH AMERICA RICHARD D. HOARE AND JOHN POJETA JR. Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 and U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 ABSTRACT?Abundant silicified polyplacophorans from numerous localities in the Ordovician in Kentucky and other localities in Virginia, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are described systematically. New species are: Spicuchelodes cressmani, Calceochiton floweri, Preacanthochiton baueri, Orthriochiton recavus, Helminthochiton blacki, H. marginatus, and Alastega martini; new genera and species are: Listrochiton weiri, Litochiton crebatus, and Amblytochiton incomptus; and new families are Litochitonidae and Alastegiidae. Hemithecella expansa Ulrich and Bridge in Butts, 1941 and Chelodes cf. C. mirabilis (Butts, 1926), from the Chepultepec Formation in Virginia are also described. Comparisons are made with Chelodes whitehousei Runnegar, Pojeta, Taylor, and Collins, 1979 from Australia and Calceochiton hachitae Flower, 1968 from New Mexico. Listings of the fauna associated with the chitons are given for the Kentucky occurrences; taphonomic discussions of these are included. INTRODUCTION OF ALL Paleozoic mollusks, polyplacophorans are the least known and understood; this is especially true of their ear- liest history in Cambrian and Ordovician rocks. For this paper we have more specimens for study than had heretofore been available worldwide for Ordovician chitons. Van Belle (1983) listed 10 ge- neric names that had been applied to Ordovician polyplacophor- ans to that date. Subsequently, at least two additional generic names have been used (Runnegar et al., 1979; Pojeta et al., 2003). For the specimens described here, 11 generic names are used, three of which are new and two others which had not been applied to Ordovician chitons. This 42% increase brings the number of known Ordovician chiton genera to 17. Most of the specimens available for this study were collected by paleontologists and geologists of the U.S. Geological Survey and Kentucky Geological Survey as part of the Cooperative Geo- logic Mapping Program of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1960-1978 (Cressman and Noger, 1981). The 17 tons (15,422 kg) of limestone yielded about 200,000 silicified Ordovician inverte- brates (Pojeta, 1979a). The vast majority of the specimens are from Kentucky; however, a few are from Ohio and Indiana, and most of these are not silicified. The bulk of these fossils have been described in a series of monographs published as U.S. Geo- logical Survey Professional Papers (1066A-P) edited by Pojeta (1979b-1995). In Kentucky, the Ordovician lithostratigraphy, facies analyses, and environments of deposition of the rock units were dealt with by Cressman and Karklins (1970), Cressman (1973), Cressman and Noger (1976), and Weir et al. (1979, 1984). This information was summarized by Pojeta (1979c). Biostratigraphic correlation of the Ordovician rocks of Ken- tucky, Indiana, and Ohio was conducted by the faculty and stu- dents at Ohio State University (Sweet, 1979; Pojeta, 1979c, 1984). Sweet (1984), Leslie (2000), and Richardson and Bergstrom (2003), among others, have considered the correlation of these rocks. This paper is the fourth in a series of monographs dealing with the Ordovician mollusks from Kentucky and nearby states: 1) scaphopods (Pojeta and Runnegar, 1979); 2) monoplacophorans/ bellerophonts (Wahlman, 1992); and 3) nautiloid cephalopods (Frey, 1995). Incidental to other studies, the rostroconchs were described by Pojeta and Runnegar (1976) as were some of the pelecypods (Pojeta, 1971, 1978, 1985, 1988, 1997; Pojeta and Palmer, 1976; Pojeta and Runnegar, 1985). Wagner (1990, p. 109- 111) described a species of lophospirid gastropod. Fifty-five thousand silicified mollusks were obtained using the method of Pojeta (1979c). Of these, 1,038 (1.9%) disarticulated silicified plates of Ordovician Polyplacophora were found from 18 localities (Appendix A) in the Inner Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. Thus, although widely distributed, polyplacophorans form a small part of the total moUuscan fauna. The oldest poly- placophoran specimen found is a single plate from the Turinian (Blackriveran) Camp Nelson Limestone; the youngest specimen, also a single plate, is from the Chatfieldian Devils Hollow Mem- ber of the Lexington Limestone (Frey, 1995, p. 7) (Fig. 1). All of the specimens are Turinian or Chatfieldian (Mohawkian, Mid- dle Ordovician) in age (Leslie, 2000, p. 1,124). The Kentucky specimens are classified in five new species placed in five genera, two of which are new (Fig. 1). Taphonomic discussion and listing of associated faunas are given in Appendix B and Table 13. Morphology.?In several instances, head and tail plates are present along with the more numerous intermediate plates. Head and tail plates are often more difficult to differentiate in the Pa- leoloricata than in the Neoloricata where sutural laminae and/or insertion plates are present. Head plates range from flat to trans- versely arched, semioval, being wider than long, to subrectangular in shape, longer than wide. The anterior and lateral slopes diverge from a posterior apex varying in steepness, depending on the magnitude of arching of the posterior margin. Ventrally, the pos- terior margin bears a short apical area or ridge. Tail plates are usually longer than wide, or subquadrate, but may be triangularly elongate in shape, and gently to strongly arched. A mucro is com- monly present either at or just anterior to the posterior margin. A jugum may be present, but is uncommon. An embayment or sinus in the anterior margin may be present and an apical area is not present. Preservation.?In general, the silicification of Kentucky Or- dovician mollusks (Pojeta and Runnegar, 1979; Wahlman, 1992; Frey, 1995) is not as complete, or sturdy, as that of the brachio- pods (Neuman, 1967; Alberstadt, 1979; Howe, 1979; Pope, 1982). As a working hypothesis, it is suggested that the differences in silicification reflect the original mineralogy of the shells?arago- nite in most mollusks and calcite in most articulate brachiopods (Carter, 1990, p. 68, 77, 97, 117, 143, 181, 265). Other areas having silicified faunas in limestones need to be examined. Diversity.?Only two or three species are known from any of the units indicating a low stratigraphic diversity during the Or- dovician in the United States. Upper Paleozoic occurrences of polyplacophorans often show a greater diversity (e.g., Hoare and Smith, 1984; Debrock et al., 1984; Hoare, 2001). Cherns (2004, p. 454, fig. 6) discussed and diagrammed the known diversity of Paleozoic paleoloricate and neoloricate chiton species and indi- cated a bias caused by a few detailed studies. Two major peaks of paleoloricates. Lower Ordovician and Middle Silurian, are present. The present study raises the Middle Ordovician count by over 150%. Stratigraphic summary.?The disarticulated plates from central Kentucky occur in Mohawkian rocks (Middle Ordovician), in 1 HOARE AND POJETA Kentucky Clays Ferry Formation Tanglewood Millersburg ) _*^'*^Limestone ^ Hollow ? Member ) Member r'SulpherWell Member Brannon Member Grier Limestone Member Perryvllle Limestone Member Logana Member Curdsville Limestone Member Tyrone Limestone Oregon Formation Camp Nelson Limestone Virginia, Wisconsin and Minnesota - ^ c o - u ? c o c CO S fc CD o oj ^ uj 3: a. XXX "O :? .5 D ; 1 o o ^ XXX ill FIGURE 1?Stratigraphic column for the Ordovician rocks of the Inner Blue Grass Region of central Kentucky in and around the city of Lex- ington and stratigraphic distribution of the Ordovician species of po- lyplacophorans described herein. X marks the rock units that yielded silicified chiton plates used in this study. (Adapted from Cressman and Karklins, 1970.) The approximate Ma dates taken from Webby et al. (2004). both the Turinian and Chatfieldian stages. The Wisconsin speci- mens near Beloit are Turinian in age. The specimens from Vir- ginia, New Mexico, Minnesota, and other parts of Wisconsin are from Ordovician rocks in the Ibexian Series (Early Ordovician) (Fig. 1). The material from Australia, used for comparisons with the American specimens, is Datsonian in age (Late Cambrian). PREVIOUS STUDIES Reports of North American Ordovician polyplacophorans were made by Billings (1865) from the Black River Limestone, Ontar- io, Canada; Butts (1926) from the Odenville and Chickamauga limestones in Alabama; Powell (1935) from the Oneota Dolomite in Minnesota; Ulrich and Bridge in Butts (1941) from the Che- pultepec Dolomite in Virginia and Gasconade Dolomite in Mis- souri; Cloud and Barnes (1946) from the Tanyard Formation and El Paso Group in Texas; Wilson (1951) from the Black River Limestone in Ontario, Canada; Bergenhayn (1960) from the Gas- conade Dolomite in Missouri; Sanders (1965) from the Maquo- keta Formation in Iowa and Illinois; Smith in Smith and Toomey (1964) from the Kindblade Formation in Oklahoma; Spelman (1966) from the Nittany Dolomite in Pennsylvania; Flower (1968) from the Hitt Canyon Formation of the El Paso Group in New Mexico and Oneota Dolomite in Wisconsin; Runnegar et al. (1979) from the Gasconade Dolomite in Missouri; Stinchcomb and Darrough (1995) from the Gasconade Dolomite in Missouri; Hoare (2000b) from the Oneota Dolomite in Minnesota and Odenville Formation in Alabama; Pojeta et al. (2003) from the Forreston Member, Grand Detour Formation in Wisconsin, and Vendrasco and Runnegar (2004) from the upper Gasconade Do- lomite in Missouri. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY The specimens included herein are reposited in the following places: 1) United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM); 2) New Mexico Museum of Natural History (NMMNH); 3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univer- sity of Minnesota (UMPC); and 4) Queensland Museum, Austra- lia (QM). Eighteen localities (Appendix A) are in the Cambrian-Ordo- vician register of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, Virginia, followed by a four-digit number and the letters CO, e.g., USGS 6034-CO; if the four-digit number is preceded by the letter 'D,' the locality is in the Cambrian-Ordovician register in the Den- ver catalog, e.g., USGS D-1138-CO. Additional locahty details, including exact coordinates on the pertinent USGS geologic quad- rangle maps, are given in USGS Professional Papers 1066A-P. Class PoLYPLACOPHORA de Blainville, 1816 Diagnosis.?Mollusks with a head, elongated body, and dorsal shell ordinarily consisting of eight articulated plates; shell sur- rounded by a muscular mantle border that is covered by a cuticle in which spicules are embedded. Occurrence.?Upper Cambrian-Holocene. Subclass PALEOLORICATA Bergenhayn, 1955 Diagnosis.?Polyplacophorans with thick plates with large api- cal areas; shell of two calcareous layers, the outer tegmentum and the inner hypostracum; articulamentum lacking, sutural lamellae and insertion plates absent. Occurrence.?Upper Cambrian-Lower Devonian. Order CHELODIDA Bergenhayn, 1943 Diagnosis.?Paleoloricates with elongate intermediate body plates not differentiated into lateral and central areas. Occurrence.?Upper Cambrian-Lower Devonian. Family MATTHEVIIDAE Walcott, 1886 Included genera.?Chelodes Davidson and King, 1874, Matth- evia Walcott, 1886, Hemithecella Ulrich and Bridge in Butts, 1941, Eochelodes Marek, 1962, Calceochiton Flower, 1968, Spi- cuchelodes Chems, 1998a, and Eukteanochiton Vendrasco and Runnegar, 2004. Diagnosis.?Chelodids with intermediate body plates signifi- cantly longer than wide, triangular in dorsal profile; apical area large; plates with significant overlap. Occurrence.?Upper Cambrian-Lower Devonian. Genus CHELODES Davidson and King, 1874 Type species.?Chelodes bergmani Davidson and King, 1874. Diagnosis.?Following Cherns (1998a): intermediate plates wedge-shaped, arched, broad anteriorly, slowly tapering to a pos- terior point, which can be rounded; ventral apical area large, flat- tened to gently depressed, anterior edge roundly concave, not V- shaped, sinus shallow. Occurrence.?Upper Cambrian-Lower Devonian. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA FIGURE 2?Chelodes cf. C. mirabilis (Butts, 1926). Chepultepec Formation, Virginia. 1-11, Intermediate plates; 1-4, dorsal, ventral, left lateral, and anterior views, USNM 523869; 5-7, dorsal, right lateral, and ventral views, USNM 523870; 8-11, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and left lateral views, USNM 523871; 12-19, tail plates, 12, ventral view showing pit near posterior end, USNM 523872; 13-15, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, USNM 523873; 16-19, left lateral, anterior, ventral, and dorsal views, USNM 523874. All figures X2. CHELODES cf. C. MIRABILIS (Butts, 1926) Figure 2 Priscochitonl mirabilis BtJTTS, 1926, pi. 18, figs. 30, 31. Chelodes mirabilis (BUTTS). RUNNEGAR, POJETA, TAYLOR, AND COL- LINS, 1979, pi. 2, figs. 60, 61. Description.?Large, thick, subtriangular plates; tail plate elon- gate with convex anterior margin, broadly convex posterolateral margins; lateral slopes steep posteriorly, more gentle anteriorly; posterior apex overhanging margin above convex posterior slope; ventral surface concave with indication of small pocket posteri- orly leading towards apex. Intermediate plates broadly convex transversely, with shallow. TABLE 1?Measurements (in mm) of Chelodes cf. C mirabilis (Butts). USNM Length Width Height Plate 523869 I5.5t 11.3 3.8 I 523870 13.8 12.8 6.5 I 523871 13.8 13.7 6.0 I 523874 18.3 10.4 5.7 T t Estimated. broad, anterior sinus; anterolateral corners narrowly rounded; pos- terolateral margins nearly straight or convex posteriorly; ventral surface more deeply concave in anterior one-third of length than posteriorly; apical area large, covering approximately one-third of length, extending laterally to near midlength. Head plate unknown. Measurements.?See Table 1. Material examined.?Three tail plates and three intermediate plates, USNM 523869-523874. Occurrence.?Chepultepec Dolomite (Ibexian), at the south portal of the Natural Tunnel, Scott Co., Virginia. Butts's holotype specimen is from the Odenville Limestone (Whiterockian) near Leeds, Alabama. Discussion.?The coarse siliceous replacement of the speci- mens has obliterated details of the ornamentation and some of the structure. The dorsal surface was probably smooth. Chelodes cf. C mirabilis differs from C bergmani, C. gotlandicus Lindstrom, 1884, and C actinis Cherns, 1998a by having a shallower anterior sinus and, in the case of the last species, a larger apical area in the intermediate plates. Tail plates cannot be compared because they are known only in C cf. C mirabilis. The head plate of C mirabilis is unknown while that of C. actinis is flat and elongate in shape. HOARE AND POJETA Chelodes whitehousei Runnegar, Pojeta, Taylor, and Collins, 1979 has narrower and more sharply triangular intermediate plates than C. mirabilis (Fig. 4.5-4.7). The tail plates are similar in general, that of C. whitehousei being narrower, more strongly arched transversely, and lacking the pit posteriorly on the ventral surface (Fig. 4.8-4.11). The head plate of C. whitehousei is strongly arched and slightly longer than wide (Fig. 4.1-4.4). Genus SPICUCHELODES Cherns, 1998a Type species.?Spicuchelodes pilatis Cherns, 1998a. Diagnosis.?Cordate to elongate, triangular plates; intermediate plates with shallow anterior concavity and large apical area with V-shaped anterior margin; with or without surface ornament and dorsal radial folds. Occurrence.?Middle Ordovician (Turinian)-Middle Silurian (Wenlockian). Discussion.?Spicuchelodes differs from Chelodes in the sharp- ly triangular intermediate plates which have a more pointed pos- terior apex and the pronounced V-shaped anterior margin of the ventral apical area. SPICUCHELODES CRESSMANI new species Figure 3 Diagnosis.?Tail plate elongately triangular with a narrow bor- der on posterior ventral surface; intermediate plates narrowly tri- angular, strongly arched transversely, with large V-shaped apical area enclosing a small pocket; head plate elongate oval. Description.?Tail plate elongate, triangular, strongly arched transversely, gently arched longitudinally; anterior margin with shallow sinus; lateral slopes flat, extending from median angular- ity; ventral surface with distinct, flat, narrow border posteriorly becoming narrower extending to near midlength; narrow, rounded ridge, separated from flat border by narrow concave space which extends posteriorly towards apex forming a small pocket anterior to flat border; smooth except for faint comarginal growth lines. Intermediate plates elongate, triangular, strongly arched trans- versely; anterior margin with shallow sinus, posterolateral mar- gins straight to slightly convex; lateral slopes gently convex ex- tending from median angularity; ventral surface with large, triangular, concave apical area extending laterally past midlength; apical area fits against ventral surface laterally, anterior portion elevated medially forming a thin pocket; comarginal growth lines faint, rarely preserved. Head plate elongate oval, strongly arched; anterior margin con- vex rounding into posterolateral margins; ventral surface with small apical area restricted to posterior end of concave ventral surface. Etymology.?^For Earle R. Cressman, in acknowledgment of his outstanding work in studying, interpreting, and mapping the Mid- dle Ordovician rocks of the Inner Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, and his extensive help in collecting the fossiliferous silicified blocks of rock used in this study. Figured types.?WoXoiy^e, USNM 523886 (Fig. 3.29-3.31), USGS D-1138-CO; figured paratypes, USNM 523875-523882, USGS 6034-CO; USNM 523883, 523885, 523887, USGS D- 1138-CO. Unfigured paratypes.?USNM 523888, USGS 5078-CO, one plate; USNM 523888A, USGS 5081-CO, one plate; USNM 523888B, USGS 6034-CO, 71 plates; USNM 523888C, USGS 6035-CO, 56 plates; USNM 523888D, USGS D-1138-CO, 144 plates. Specimens include two tail plates, one head plate, and 282 in- termediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 2. Occurrence.?Tyrone and Camp Nelson limestones (Turinian) in Kentucky. Discussion.?Spicuchelodes cressmani differs from the type species S. pilatis by the lack of a spiculose dorsal ornamentation and any indication of radial folds or central and lateral areas. Tail and head plates of the type species are unknown. It has been possible to compare numerous specimens of Chel- odes whitehousei, from the Datsonian (Upper Cambrian) Nin- maroo Formation of Queensland, Australia (Fig. 4), with several fragmental specimens of Calceochiton hachitae Flower, 1968 from the Ibexian (Lower Ordovician) Hitt Canyon Formation of New Mexico (Fig. 5.22-5.25) which have somewhat similar shapes to S. cressmani. Also, numerous specimens of Calceochi- ton floweri n. sp. (Fig. 5.1-5.21) from the Lower Ordovician (Ib- exian) Oneota Dolomite near Sauk City, Wisconsin, are available for study [Flower (1968) called these specimens Calceochiton cf. C gibberosum (Sardeson, 1896)]. Unfortunately, the types of Cal- ceochiton hachitae were not available for examination. Our frag- mentary specimens of C hachitae (Fig. 5.22-5.25), as well as the three specimens illustrated by Flower (1968), are difficult to com- pare with other taxa. However, the specimens from New Mexico are quite different from the Wisconsin specimens which had pre- viously been placed in C. hachitae by Smith and Hoare (1987, p. 30). In comparison with Spicuchelodes cressmani, the plates of Cal- ceochiton hachitae and C floweri are much thicker with a larger pocket beneath the apical area of the intermediate plates, a curved instead of V-shaped anterior margin of the apical area, and the plates are consistently narrower (compare Figs. 3, 5, and Flower, 1968, pi. 1, figs. 1-9). Chelodes whitehousi also has much thicker plates than Spicu- chelodes cressmani and has the anterior margin of the apical area curved instead of V-shaped. The tail plate is narrower, more sharply arched transversely, and often with a prominent overhang above the posterior margin. One of the tail plates of C. white- housei shows evidence of breakage or predation (Fig. 4.8-4.11). The posterior end has been removed and the individual was able to secrete a new plate beneath the original. Evidently the damage to the shell-secreting mantle was not significant, or, the mantle was regenerated to be able to secrete new shell material. The head plate is subrectangular in shape rather than oval (Fig.4.1-4.4). Eukteanochiton milleri Vendrasco and Runnegar, 2004 (fig. 12.1- 12.13), from the Upper Cambrian Red Tops Member, Notch Peak Formation of Utah, has a general shape similar to species of Spi- cuchelodes and Calceochiton but is described as having two tun- nels which are not obvious in their illustrations. Genus CALCEOCHITON Flower, 1968 Type species.?Calceochiton hachitae Flower, 1968. Diagnosis.?Intermediate plates similar in shape to Spicuchel- odes cressmani n. sp.; anterolateral areas projecting forward leav- ing a concave area between them; apical area half the length of the plate. Occurrence.?Ordovician (Ibexian). CALCEOCHITON FLOWERI new species Figure 5.1-5.21 Calceochiton cf. gibberosum (SARDESON). FLOWER, 1968, p. 10, pi. 1, figs. 10-24. [non] Ascoceras gibberosum SARDESON, 1896, p. 102, pi. 6, figs. 8-10. Diagnosis.?^Long, triangular intermediate plates, broadly arched transversely, strongly thickened slightly posterior of an- terior margin. Description.?^Intermediate plates elongate, triangular, broadly arched transversely, straight to convex longitudinally; anterior margin concave between anterolateral corners; posterolateral mar- gins straight or slightly concave; ventral surface concave with ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA FIGURE 3?Spicuchelodes cressmani n. sp. Tyrone Limestone, Kentucky. 1-27, Intermediate plates; 1-3, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, 6034- CO, USNM 523875; 4, 5, dorsal and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523876; 6-8, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523877; 9-11, anterior, dorsal, and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523878; 12, 13, dorsal and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523879; 14-16, dorsal, anterior, and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523880; 17-19, right lateral, dorsal, and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523881; 20-22, dorsal, ventral, and anterior views, 6034-CO, USNM 523882; 25-25, left lateral, dorsal, and ventral views, D-1138-CO, USNM 523883; 26, 27, ventral and right lateral views, D-1138-CO, USNM 523884; 28-31, tail plates; 28, ventral view, D-1138-CO, USNM 523885, X3; 29-31, holotype, dorsal ventral, and left lateral views, D-1138-CO, USNM 523886, X3; 32-35, head plate, anterior, dorsal, ventral, and left lateral views, D-1138- CO, USNM 523887, X3. All figures X2 except where noted. HOARE AND POJETA TABLE 2?Measurement (in mm) of Spicuchelodes ciessmani n. sp. USNM Length Width Height Plate 523875 25.51 12.0 6.6 523877 27.0t 12.5 7.0 523879 21.5t 13.0 5.1 523882 17.5t 9.0 6.0 523884 20.5t 10.5 4.7 523878 22.5t 13.5t 7.0 523881 18.0 9.7 5.7 523880 13.0 8.5 4.6 523883 13.5 8.0 5.0 523887 8.8 5.3 3.0 H 523886* 12.7t 5.0t 3.5t T * Holotype. t Estimated. apical area extending one-half or more of length of plate forming a large pocket; shell thickest slightly posterior to anterior margin giving the anterior portion of the plate a scooplike shape (Fig. 5.3); dorsal surface smooth except for comarginal growth lines anteriorly. Head and tail plates unknown. Etymology.?^For the late Rousseau H. Flower, who first studied these specimens and for his extensive paleontological and strati- graphic studies. Figured types.?^Holotype, NMMNH P-41263 (Fig. 5.19- 5.23); paratypes, NMMNH P-41255-P-41262, P-41264. Unfigured paratypes.?Over 100 specimens, P-41264. Measurements.?See Table 3. Occurrence.?Oneota Dolomite (Ibexian) in the vicinity of Sauk City, Sauk Co., Wisconsin. Discussion.?The specimens here assigned to the new species Calceochiton floweri were placed in the species C. cf. C. gibber- osum by Flower. In Sardeson's 1896 paper, cited by Flower, the only taxon to which Sardeson (p. 102) applied the name "gib- berosum" was what he considered to be a fragment of a cepha- lopod Ascoceras gibberosum which he named as a new species. Apparently, Flower did not agree with Sardeson's placement of A. gibberosum in the Cephalopoda. The one specimen of A. gib- berosum figured by Sardeson is illustrated by cartoonlike line drawings that show what he called septa. This specimen, and an unstated number of others in Sardeson's possession in 1896, were discarded in 1911 (R. E. Sloan, oral commun., 2003). Examina- tion of the specimens in the collection from Wisconsin described by Flower leaves considerable doubt that they are similar to the Sardeson's specimen of Ascoceras gibberosum and they are here described as the new species Calceochiton floweri. Because of the lost specimens, and poor illustration, the name Ascoceras gibber- osum Sardeson, 1896 should be restricted to the lost material and treated as a nomen dubium. Calceochiton floweri differs from C. hachitae by being wider, more broadly rounded transversely, and developing a thicker shell just posterior to the anterior margin. The head and tail plates of C. hachitae are also unknown. Three fragmental specimens of C. hachitae are illustrated in Figure 5.22-5.25. Spelman (1966, p. 100-102, pi. 20, figs. 10-25) found some poorly preserved chiton plates in the Stonehenge Limestone and Larke Dolomite in central Pennsylvania. The specimens from the Larke Dolomite (figs. 19-25) have the characteristics of Calceo- chiton, similar to C. floweri. Genus HEMITHECELLA Ulrich and Bridge in Butts, 1941 Type species.?Hemithecella expansa Ulrich and Bridge in Butts, 1941. Diagnosis.?Intermediate plates anteriorly broad transversely as in Chelodes; long narrow pocket beneath large apical area. FIGURE 4?Chelodes whitehousei Runnegar, Pojeta, Taylor, and Collins, 1979. Ninmaroo Formation, Queensland, Australia. 1-4, Head plate, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and left lateral views, QMF 44551; 5-7, in- termediate plate, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, QMF 44553; 8-11, tail plate, dorsal, posterior, right lateral, and ventral views of damaged plate (arrows indicate damaged area), QMF 44559. All figures X2. Occurrence.?Ordovician (Ibexian). HEMITHECELLA EXPANSA Ulrich and Bridge in Butts, 1941 Figure 6 Hemithecella expansa ULRICH AND BRIDGE IN BUTTS, 1941, p. 19, pi. 68, fig. 6; RUNNEGAR, POJETA, TAYLOR, AND COLLINS, 1979, p. 1389, pi. 1, figs. 31, 32; SMITH AND HOARE, 1987, p. 28; STINCHCOMB AND DARROUGH, 1995, p. 58, figs. 6.7-6.15, 8.13, 8.14; VENDRASCO AND RUNNEGAR, 2004, fig. 13.1-13.5. Description.?^Probable tail plate thick, subtriangular, flatly arched medially with steep convex lateral and posterior slopes; anterior margin shallowly concave, posterior margin gently con- vex; ventral surface broadly concave. Intermediate plates triangular; anterior margin concave, lateral margins convex anteriorly becoming straighter posteriorly leading to pointed apex; dorsal surface convex; ventral surface concave leading posteriorly to long, narrow pocket under large apical area. Head plate subquadrangular, strongly arched; anterior margin with shallow concavity arched dorsally; lateral margins convex, posterior margins shallowly concave, not pointed; ventral surface deeply concave with strong transverse ridge near midlength sep- arating shallower anterior area from deeper posterior area; comar- ginal growth lines present laterally and anteriorly. Measurements.?See Table 4. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA FIGURE 5?Calceochiton floweri n. sp. Oneota Dolomite near Sauk City, Wisconsin. 1-21, Intermediate plates; 1, 2, dorsal and left lateral views, NMMNH P-41255; 3-5, anterior, dorsal, and ventral views, NMMNH P-41256; 6-8, dorsal, anterior, and ventral views, NMMNH P-41257; 9, 10, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P-41258; 11, 12, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P-41259; 13, 14, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P- 41260; 15, 16, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P-41261; 17, 18, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P-41262; 19-21, holotype, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, NMMNH 41263. 22-25, Calceochiton hachitae Flower, 1968. Hitt Canyon Formation, New Mexico. 22, 23, Intermediate plate fragment, ventral and anterior views, loc. 5500, NMMNH P-41251; 24, intermediate plate fragment, ventral view, loc. 5500, NMMNH P- 41252; 25, intermediate plate fragment, ventral view, loc. 5500, NMMNH P-41253. All figures X3. TABLE 3?Measurements (in mm) of Calceochiton floweri n. sp. NMMNH Length Width Height Plate P-41255 10.7t 5.8 4.3 P-41256 17.0t 7.2 5.0 P-41257 12.7t 5.7 3.4 P-41258 15.3t 5.8 3.3 P-41259 11.ot 5.0t 3.5 P-41260 15.3t 4.3 3.0 P-41261 15.0t 5.4 3.1 P-41262 17.2t 7.3 4.5 P-41263* 19.7t 7.3 4.7 * Holotype. t Estimated. Material examined.?One probable tail plate, two head plates, and 25 intermediate plates, USNM 523889-523899. Occurrence.?Chepultepec Formation (Ibexian) at the south portal of the Natural Tunnel, Scott Co., Virginia. Also reported from the Gasconade Dolomite (Ibexian) in Missouri (Stinchcomb and Darrough, 1995). Discussion.?All of the plates are incomplete to a greater or lesser extent and the coarse silicification distorts the surface and various characters. However, the general characteristics are un- mistakable. The holotype of H. expansa is an internal mold of an inter- mediate plate from the Gasconade Dolomite in Missouri (USNM HOARE AND POJETA FIGURE 6?Hemithecella expansa Ulrich and Bridge in Butts, 1941. Chepultepec Formation, Virginia. 1-4, Head plate, dorsal, right lateral, posterior, and ventral views, USNM 523889; 5-24, intermediate plates; 5-7, ventral, right lateral, and anterior views, USNM 523890; 8, ventral view, USNM 523891; 9, ventral view, USNM 523892; 10-12, ventral, dorsal, and left lateral views, USNM 523893; 13-15, ventral, right lateral, and dorsal views, USNM 523894; 16-18, dorsal, ventral, and anterior views, USNM 523895; 19-22, dorsal, ventral, right lateral, and posterior views, USNM 523896; 23, 24, dorsal and left lateral views, USNM 523897; 25-29, tail plate, dorsal, ventral, left lateral, posterior, and anterior views, USNM 523898. All figures X2. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA TABLE 4?Measurements (in mm) of Hemithecella expansa Ulrich and Bridge. USNM Lengtli Width Height Plate 523889 17.3 16.7 17.2 H 523890 23.5 19.5 11.5 I 523891 22.5t ? 9.8 I 523893 13.0 11.8 8.3 I 523895 13.3 11.9 12.0 I 523898 13.2 13.0 6.0 T t Estimated. 96211). It was illustrated for the first time by Runnegar et al. (1979, pi. 1, figs. 31, 32). Ulrich and Bridge in Butts (1941) illustrated a poorly preserved specimen from the Chepultepec For- mation in Virginia (USNM 97289), and indicated that the species is numerous at the South Portal of the Natural Tunnel in Virginia; the specimens from this locality described here provide the op- portunity to give a more complete description of H. expansa. The intermediate plate illustrated in Figure 6.5 shows an almost exact duplicate of the ventral surface of the holotype internal mold. In many of the intermediate plates, the coarse siliceous preservation has blocked off the posterior pocket on the ventral surface. Order SEPTEMCHITONIDA Bergenhayn, 1955 Diagnosis.?Paleoloricates with intermediate plates differenti- ated into central and lateral areas. Occurrence.?Ordovician-Devonian. Family PREACANTHOCHITONIDAE Bergenhayn, 1960 Diagnosis.?Chelodids with intermediate plates more or less equidimensional in length and width, not elongate; shape variably quadrate, triangular, or slightly rectangular; very weak jugum present, vague differentiation of lateral and central areas of inter- mediate plates; apical area reduced. Occurrence.?Lower SkuUrockian (Upper Cambrian)-Chatfiel- dian (Middle Ordovician). Discussion.?^Preacanthchitonids differ from Mattheviids in that the intermediate plates are not elongated, the apical area is reduced, and a weak jugum is present. Genus PREACANTHOCHITON Bergenhayn, 1960 Type species.?Preacanthchiton cooperi Bergenhayn, 1960. Diagnosis.?Intermediate plates quadrate to triangular; orna- ment pustulose or not. Occurrence.?Lower SkuUrockian (Upper Cambrian)-Turinian (Middle Ordovician). PREACANTHOCHITON BAUERI new species Figure 7 Diagnosis.?Intermediate plates thin, flatly arched, subquad- rangular with triangular jugal area; ornament of growth lines and faint grooves radiating from apex. Description.?Tail plate flatly arched, longer than wide with subparallel, gently convex, lateral margins; posterior margin con- vex, anterior margin with shallow medial sinus; greatest width at point where lateral margins curve into posterior margins; low mu- cro located anterior to posterior margin; surface smooth except for comarginal growth lines. Intermediate plates thin, subquadrangular, flatly arched; lateral margins gently convex; posterior margins convex to bluntly mu- cronate; anterior margin with broad, shallow sinus; lateral slopes concave outlining a faint jugal area; faint grooves radiating from apex on lateral areas; ventral surface broadly concave with a low, narrow, apical area bordering posterior margins; comarginal growth lines prominent anteriorly and laterally. Head plate strongly arched posteriorly; anterior margin convex rounding into convex lateral margins; posterior margin not ob- served; ventral surface deeply concave posteriorly; dorsal surface not observed. Etymology.?^For Carl Bauer, operator of Bauer's quarry, near Beloit, Wisconsin, who graciously allowed permission for col- lecting purposes. Access to the quarry is highly controlled re- quiring Mr. Bauer's permission. Figured types.?^Holotype, USNM 523969 (Fig. 7.27); para- types, USNM 523958-523963, 523965, 523967, 523969-523072. Unfigured paratypes.?^Thirty-three specimens, USNM 523974. Specimens include one head plate, two tail plates, and 43 in- termediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 5. Occurrence.?Forreston Member, Grand Detour Formation, Platteville Group (Turinian), Bauer's Quarry west of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin. Discussion.?Preacanthochiton baueri mainly differs from P. cooperi in lacking pustulose ornament. Molds of P. cooperi il- lustrated by Runnegar et al. (1979, pi. 2, figs. 62, 64) show a similar shape to some plates of P. baueri, although they are con- siderably smaller as in the tail plate illustrated by them (pi. 2, fig. 63). The specimens assigned by Bergenhayn (1960) to Preacan- thochiton productus are placed in the new genus Listrochiton. Preacanthochiton was included under doubtful Paleozoic gen- era by Van Belle (1975, p. 129) and was rejected as a chiton by him in 1983 (p. 154). Sirenko and Starobogatov (1977) believed that Preacanthochiton had not been demonstrated to be a chiton. Vendrasco and Runnegar (2004, p. 984) recognized the Preacan- thochitonidae as valid polyplacophorans. The specimens herein placed in Preacanthochiton are clearly polyplacophorans, having head, intermediate, and tail plates, and apical areas. All specimens were collected by J. DuFoe, Rockton, Illinois, from the same bed as Echinochiton dufoei Pojeta, Eernisse, Hoare, and Henderson, 2003, p. 651, in Bauer's quarry. Genus LISTROCHITON new genus Type species.?Listrochiton weiri n. sp. Included species.?Listrochiton weiri n. sp., Preacanthochiton productus Bergenhayn, 1960, Chelodesl sp. indet. Bergenhayn, 1960. Diagnosis.?Plates thick, smooth; tail plate elongate, subrect- angular, with weak jugum ending in a mucro just anterior to pos- terior margin, posterior margin arched dorsally; intermediate plates subtriangular with moderate to deep anterior sinus; head plate subcircular, coming to a point posteriorly. Description.?^Head plate semicircular, pointed posteriorly; in- termediate plates subtriangular, moderately arched, anterior mar- gin concave; tail plate elongate, subrectangular, strongly arched, mucro anterior to posterior margin, concave ventral surface com- monly having pit beneath mucro. Etymology.?Greek, listron, spade or shovel, chiton, tunic re- ferring to the shape of the intermediate plates. Occurrence.?Eminence Dolomite (Upper Cambrian) of Mis- souri; Lexington Limestone (Middle Ordovician) of Kentucky; and Gasconade Dolomite (Lower Ordovician) of Missouri. Discussion.?^Bergenhayn (1960) included elongated tail plates in his definition of Preacanthochiton. However, tail plates of P. cooperi, the type species of the genus, are broader, flatter, and semioval in shape, as shown by Runnegar et al. (1979, p. 1391, pi. 2, figs. 62-66), where they figured tail and intermediate plates of P. cooperi; whereas, the tail plate of Listrochiton is elongate and subrectangular (Fig. 8.34-8.49). The Cambrian Orthriochiton Vendrasco and Runnegar, 2004 differs from Listrochiton by hav- ing straight-sided anterolateral margins on the intermediate plates. 10 HOARE AND POJETA FIGURE 7?Preacanthochiton baueri n. sp. Forreston Member, Grand Detour Formation, Wisconsin. 1, 2, Head plate, ventral mold, dorsal and right lateral views, USNM 523970; 3-25, intermediate plates; 3-6, dorsal mold, dorsal cast, left lateral cast, and anterior cast, USNM 523958; 7, dorsal mold, USNM 523965; 8, ventral mold, USNM 523962; 9, 10, dorsal and ventral molds, USNM 523971; 11-14, dorsal mold, dorsal cast, left lateral cast, and anterior cast, USNM 523959; 15, 18, dorsal and ventral molds, USNM 523963; 16, dorsal mold, USNM 523960; 17, dorsal mold, USNM 523966; 19, dorsal mold, USNM 523972; 20, dorsal mold, USNM 523961; 21, dorsal mold, USNM 523964; 22-25, dorsal mold, dorsal cast, left lateral cast, and anterior cast, USNM 523967; 26, 27, tail plates; 26, ventral mold, USNM 523973; 27, holotype, ventral mold, USNM 523969. All figures X2. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 11 TABLE 5?Measurements (in mm) of Preacanthochiton baueii n. sp. USNM Length Width Height Plate 523958 17.5 21.0 6.5t 523959 16.0 17.0 7.0t 523960 10.5 11.5 ? 523961 4.5 4.7 ? 523962 16.5t 18.0 ? 523963 7.0 7.2 ? 523964 11.0 9.0 ? 523965 18.5 21.0t ? 523966 15.5 16.0 ? 523967 14.7 14.9 5.6 523968 9.0 8.6 ? 523969* 13.0 10.7 ? T 523970 10.2t 13.7 5.0t H * Holotype. t Estimated. vertical instead of sloping posterior end on tail plates with a ter- minal mucro, and a smaller circular head plate. LiSTROCHiTON WEIRI new species Figure 8 Diagnosis.?As for the genus. Description.?Tail plate subrectangular, strongly arched trans- versely, having subparallel, slightly convex, lateral margins; pos- terior margin flatly convex, arched dorsally; anterior margin with shallow concavity; jugal area triangular, faintly set off from lateral areas, ending just anterior to posterior margin and simulating a mucro; narrow marginal ridge or plate thickening sometimes pres- ent ventrally on posterior margin; comarginal growth lines, when preserved, most prominent anterolaterally. Intermediate plates subtriangular, flatly arched transversely; an- terior margin with shallow to deep sinus and strong convex an- terolateral margins; posterolateral margins convex; ventrally, plates more deeply concave anteriorly, with large triangular apical area extending laterally to near midlength; comarginal growth lines most evident anteriorly. Head plate small, subsemicircular, broadly arched transversely; anterior margin flatly convex, arched slightly, curving uniformly into linear posterior margins leading to apex; ventral surface with large triangular apical area extending to near midlength; faint comarginal growth lines anteriorly. Etymology.?^For Gordon W. Weir, U.S. Geological Survey, in acknowledgment of his extensive work in studying, interpreting, and mapping the Upper Ordovician rocks of the Blue Grass Re- gion of Kentucky, and his help in collecting the fossiliferous si- licified blocks of the rock that made this study possible. Figured types.?\io\oty^&, USNM 523919 (Fig. 8.35-8.37), USGS 6915-CO; paratypes, USNM 523900, 523902-523905, 523910, 523911, 523918, 523920, USGS 6915-CO; USNM 523901, 523906-523909, 523915-523917, 523921, USGS 5916- CO; USNM 523912-523914, 523922-523924, USGS 5015-CO. Unfigured paratypes.?\JSHM 523925, USGS 6915-CO, 253 plates; USNM 523925A, USGS 6916-CO, 190 plates; USNM 523925B, USGS 6138-CO, 15 plates; USNM 523925C, USGS 4928-CO, one plate; USNM 523925D, USGS 5036-CO, one plate. Specimens include six head plates, 12 tail plates, and 466 in- termediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 6. Occurrence.?Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Cor- nishville Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Grier Limestone Member, and Devils Hollow Member, Lexington Limestone (Chatfieldian) in Kentucky. Discussion.?Listrochiton weiri differs from L. productus (Ber- genhayn, 1960) in that the tail plate has a more strongly elevated mucro at the end of a narrower jugal area. The specimens shown in Figure 8.17-8.20 are difficult to in- terpret. First impressions suggest that each represents two artic- ulated plates; however, it was not possible to discern two apical areas on either specimen. Thus, they are interpreted as single plates showing unusual anterior growth. Similar patterns of plate growth in the Silurian Chelodes and Thairoplax Cherns, 1988b, from Gotland, Sweden, are interpreted as indicating seasonal growth (Cherns, 1999, p. 174). Genus ORTHRIOCHITON Vendrasco and Runnegar, 2004 Type species.?Orthriochiton utahensis Vendrasco and Run- negar, 2004. Emended diagnosis.?^Small; intermediate plates with straight side slopes; tail plate with posterior mucro, vertical to strongly sloping posterior margin, and pit underneath mucro; head plate flat, subcircular to more elongate, and transversely convex. Occurrence.?Upper Cambrian (Millardian)-Lower Ordovi- cian (Ibexian). ORTHRIOCHITON RECAVUS new species Figure 9 Diagnosis.?^Strongly arched plates; tail plate with a small pit on ventral surface below mucro; head plate subquadrangular, transversely convex. Description.?Tail plate subrectangular, strongly arched trans- versely, slightly convex longitudinally; lateral slopes steep, con- vex, posterior slope steep, extending from mucro located one- fourth to one-fifth the length from posterior margin; anterior margin narrowly convex; ventral surface deeply concave with small pit under position of mucro; surface smooth except for co- marginal growth lines. Intermediate plates subtriangular, strongly arched transversely, thick; anterior margin strongly concave, posterolateral margins convex; greatest thickness posterior to midlength changing con- cavity of ventral surface, posterior portion less deep; surface smooth except for comarginal growth lines. Head plate subquadrangular with steep lateral slopes, anterior slope less steep; lateral margins convex, anterior margin narrowly convex, posterior margin nearly straight; ventral surface more deeply concave posteriorly than anteriorly; comarginal growth lines faint. Etymology.?^Latin, recavus, arched inward, concave. Figured types.?^Holotype, NMMNH P-41274 (Fig. 9.25-9.27); paratypes, NMMNH P-41265-P-41273, P-41275. Unfigured paratypes.?Thirty-seven intermediate and tail plates, NMMNH P-41276. Specimens include one head plate, four tail plates, and 43 in- termediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 7. Occurrence.?Oneota Dolomite (Ibexian) in the vicinity of Sauk City, Wisconsin. Discussion.?Orthriochiton recavus differs from O. utahensis in having less sharply arched intermediate plates, a broad U- shaped anterior sinus instead of being deeply V-shaped, and are more triangular in shape. The tail plate posterior to the mucro is steeply convex rather than vertical. The silicified specimens of O. recavus studied are not well preserved. Some of the intermediate plates (Fig. 9.17, 9.18, 9.20- 0.22) appear to be elongate rather than equidimensional in length and width. Other intermediate plates appear to be equidimensional (Fig. 9.8, 9.13). The anterior end of the head plate is probably incomplete (Fig. 9.1, 9.2). The apparent lack of an apical area on the intermediate plates is probably preservational. 12 HOARE AND POJETA FIGURE 8?Listrochiton weiri n. gen. and sp. Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, Kentucky. 1-5, Head plates; 1-3, dorsal, ventral, and posterior views, 6915-CO, USNM 523900; 4, 5, dorsal and right lateral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523901; 6-33, intermediate plates; 6, 7, dorsal and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523902; 8, 9, dorsal and right lateral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523903; 10, dorsal view, 6915-CO, USNM 523904; 11, 12, dorsal and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523905; 13, 14, dorsal and posterior views, 6916-CO, USNM 523906; 15, 16, dorsal and ventral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523907; 17, 18, dorsal and ventral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523908; 19, dorsal view, 6916-CO, USNM 523909; 20, dorsal view, 6915-CO, USNM 523910; 21, 22, dorsal and anterior views, 6915-CO, USNM 523911; 23, 24, right lateral and dorsal views, 5015-CO, USNM 523912; 25, 26, dorsal and ventral views, 5015-CO, USNM 523913; 27, dorsal view, 5015-CO, USNM ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 13 TABLE 6- -Measurements (in mm) of Listrochiton weiri n. gen. and sp. USNM Length Width Height Plate 523900 5.7 7.3 2.8 H 523901 5.0 6.0 4.3 H 523902 7.0 5.9 2.9 523903 6.8 6.8 3.3 523904 8.1 6.7 2.7 523905 7.1 6.9 3.0 523906 7.8 7.0 3.2 523907 6.0 6.2 2.0 523908 11.1 8.5 3.2 523911 7.5 7.1 3.3 523912 7.1 6.8 2.9 523915 5.8 6.5 2.3 523917 6.1 8.0 3.3 523919* 8.8 6.2 4.0 T 523922 10.0 6.6 4.2 T 523923 9.5 5.5 3.3 T 529924 10.5 5.6 3.4 T ' Holotype. Family LITOCHITONIDAE new family Type genus.?Litochiton new genus. Diagnosis.?Chelodids with strongly arched, thick plates, lon- ger than wide with subparallel lateral margins; anterior margin concave; ventral surface with marked change in concavity; apical area a narrow ridge on posterior and posterolateral margins. Occurrence.?Oneota Dolomite (Ibexian; Lower Ordovician), Minnesota. Discussion.?The Litochitonidae is distinguished by the later- ally subparallel elongate plates. The change in concavity on the ventral surface and narrow ridgelike apical area on the interme- diate plates are much different from other families assigned to the Chelodida. Genus LITOCHITON new genus Type species.?Litochiton crebatus n. sp. Diagnosis.?Smooth, thick, strongly arched intermediate plates; posterior margin bluntly convex to pointed; anterior mar- gin with prominent sinus; apical areas narrow, ridgelike on pos- terior and lateral margins; prominent transverse change in con- cavity of ventral surface. Description.?Intermediate plates smooth, subrectangular, thick, strongly arched, boxlike; anterior margin with deep sinus; posterior margins bluntly convex to pointed; apical area narrow, ridgelike on posterior and lateral margins; tail plate smooth, sub- rectangular, sharply arched; posterior margin convex, arched dor- sally; narrow ridge bordering posterior and lateral margins ven- trally; dorsal surface of plates with distinct comarginal growth lines. Etymology.?Greek, litos, plain, simple; chiton, tunic. Occurrence.?Oneota Dolomite (Ibexian; Lower Ordovician), Minnesota. Discussion.?Monotypic Litochiton differs from Chelodes in lacking the large, triangular, apical area, the plates are more strongly and narrowly arched, and the shape of the plates is sub- rectangular rather than subtriangular. Listrochiton has triangular intermediate plates. Thairoplax has subparallel margins on the intermediate plates, but the plates are strongly pointed posteriorly with larger apical areas. LITOCHITON CREBATUS new species Figure 10 non Ascoceras gibberosum SARDESON, 1896, p. 102, pi. 6, figs. 8-10; POWELL, 1935, p. 69, pi. 7, figs. 13-17. Priscochitonl gibberosum (SARDESON). STAUFFER AND THEIL, 1941, p. 246. Chelodes gibberosus (SARDESON). SMITH IN SMITH AND TOOMEY, 1964, p. 14; SMITH AND HOARE, 1987, p. 29. Diagnosis.?As for the genus. Description.?Tail plate arched, subrectangular, side slopes flat; anterior margin with deep U-shaped sinus; lateral margins nearly straight, parallel; posterior margin bluntly convex, arched dorsal- ly; ventral surface smooth, not thickened; border narrow, ridgelike on posterolateral parts of plate; dorsal surface smooth with nu- merous fine and coarse comarginal growth lines. Intermediate plates longer than wide, strongly arched, side slopes convex; anterior margin with deep, broad sinus; lateral margins nearly straight, subparallel; posterior margin convex forming bluntly triangular termination; ventral surface with strong break in concavity, one-quarter the length from posterior margin; apical area narrow, ridgelike along posterior and lateral margins, rarely extending anteriorly across posteroventral surface; some- times, narrow, deeper area borders anterior sinus ventrally; dorsal surface smooth with numerous comarginal growth lines. Head plate unknown. Etymology.?^Latin, crebatus, thick. Figured types.?^Holotype, UMPC 8212 (Fig. 10.1-10.4); para- types, UMPC 8214, 8214A-C, 8215A, B, E. Unfigured paratypes.?^Nine plates, UMPC 8214. Specimens include one tail plate and 18 intermediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 8. Occurrence.?Oneota Dolomite (Ibexian) near Rushford, Wi- nona Co., Minnesota. Discussion.?The taxonomic status of the collection of speci- mens, here called Litochiton crebatus, has been misconstrued sev- eral times in the literature. Flower (1968) misunderstood Asco- ceras gibberosum Sardeson, 1896 (see discussion under Calceochiton floweri n. sp. above). Smith {in Smith and Toomey, 1964, p. 14), when examining what he thought to be the type specimen of A. gibberosum, reckoned that it belonged to the Chel- odidae; however, he was uncertain of the assignment to Chelodes. When Smith examined the collection of 19 specimens, he as- signed them to Chelodes gibberosus (Sardeson) (Smith and Hoare, 1987, p. 29). Herein, examination of the 19 specimens, plus three additional specimens located at the Science Museum of Minnesota, shows that they differ significantly from Chelodes, and from Sardeson's illustrations of Ascoceras gibberosum; and it was learned that they are not Sardeson's type specimens which were apparently discarded in 1911 (see Calceochiton floweri above). Labels with the 19 specimens may have been made by the collector, C. R. Stauffer, or someone else at a later date; these labels use Smith's species designation, but note incorrectly that the specimens are gastropods. 523914; 28, 29, dorsal and right lateral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523915; 30, 31, dorsal and anterior views, 6916-CO, USNM 523916; 32, 33, dorsal and ventral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523917; 34-49, tail plates; 34, dorsal view, 6915-CO, USNM 523918; 35-37, holotype, dorsal, posterior, and right lateral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523919; 38, 39, dorsal and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523920; 40, 41, dorsal and posterior views, 6916-CO, USNM 523921; 42^4, dorsal, ventral, and posterior views, 5015-CO, USNM 523922; 45^7, dorsal, anterior, and left lateral views, 5015-CO, USNM 523923; 48, 49, dorsal and ventral views, 5015-CO, USNM 523924. All figures X3. 14 HOARE AND POJETA FIGURE 9?Orthriochiton recavus n. sp. Oneota Dolomite near Sauk City, Wisconsin. 1-4, Head plate, dorsal, ventral, right lateral, and posterior views, NMMNH P-41265; 5-22, intermediate plates; 5-7, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, NMMNH P-41266; 8, 9, dorsal and anterior views, NMMNH P-41267; 10, 11, dorsal and posterior views, NMMNH P-41268; 12, 13, ventral and dorsal views, NMMNH P-41269; 14-16, dorsal, left lateral, and anterior views, NMMNH P-41270; 17-19, dorsal, ventral, and anterior views, NMMNH P-41271; 20-22, dorsal, left lateral, and ventral views, NMMNH P-41272; 25-29, tail plates; 23, 24, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P-41273; 25-27, holotype, dorsal, right lateral, and posterior views, NMMNH P-41274; 28, 29, dorsal and ventral views, NMMNH P-41275. All figures X4. Family HELMINTHOCHITONIDAE Van Belle, 1975 Diagnosis.?^Septemchitonids with intermediate plates possess- ing an anterior sinus of variable depth; shape not triangular. Occurrence.?Ordovician-Devonian. Genus HELMINTHOCHITON Salter, 1846 Type species.?Helminthochiton grijfithi Salter, 1846. Diagnosis.?Helminthochitonids with quadrangular to rectan- gular intermediate plates. Occurrence.?Ordovician-Devonian. Discussion.?The misapplication of Helminthochiton for upper Paleozoic taxa with sutural plates was detailed in Hoare (2002, p. 95). HELMINTHOCHITON BLACKI new species Figure 11.1-11.28 Diagnosis.?Thin, flatly arched intermediate plates with sub- parallel, straight lateral margins; jugal area present, not strongly pronounced; narrow apical area bordering posterior margins. Description.?Tail plate, strongly arched with flat lateral slopes; lateral margins convex converging on a convex posterior margin; low mucro anterior to posterior margin. Intermediate plates thin, smooth, shape variable, subquadran- gular to rectangular, or pointed posteriorly making them hexag- onal; flatly arched transversely; anterior margin with deep sinus; lateral margins essentially straight and subparallel; posterior mar- gins straight to slightly concave, subparallel to anterior margin; central jugal area low, fairly distinct from lateral areas; ventral TABLE 7?Measurements (in mm) of Oithiiochiton recavus n. sp. NMMNH Length Width Height Plate P-41265 3.8 3.0 1.5 H P-41266 4.3 3.5 2.9 P-41267 4.5t 3.8 2.8 P-41268 4.8t 3.8 2.5 P-41269 5.4 4.3 3.4 P-41270 5.2 4.5 3.2 P-41271 8.4 5.5 3.8 P-41272 6.0t 4.0 2.8 P-41273 4.8t 3.0 2.1 T P-41274* 8.3 4.8 4.3 T P-41275 7.0 4.5 4.0 T * Holotype. t Estimated. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 15 TABLE 8?Measurements (in mm) of Litochiton ciebratus n. gen. and sp. FIGURE 10?Litochiton crebatus n. gen. and sp. Oneota Dolomite, Min- nesota. 1-17, Intermediate plates; 1-4, holotype, dorsal, left lateral, posterior, and ventral views, UMPC 8212; 5-8, dorsal, ventral, left lateral, and posterior views, UMPC 8215A; 9-12, dorsal, right lateral, posterior, and ventral views, UMPC 8215E; 13, 14, dorsal and ventral views, UMPC 8215B; 15, ventral view, UMPC 8214A; 16, 17, anterior and dorsal views, UMPC 8214B; 18-21, tail plate, dorsal, left lateral, posterior, and ventral views, UMPC 8214C. All figures X2. surface with narrow apical area extending to juncture of posterior and lateral margins; faint comarginal growth lines. Head plate unknown. Etymology.?^For D. F. B. Black, U.S. Geological Survey, for his extensive geologic mapping of the Ordovician rocks of Ken- tucky, and his help in collecting blocks of limestone containing silicified fossils. Figured fypej.?Holotype, USNM 523927 (Fig. 11.3-11.5), USGS 6131-CO; paratypes, USNM 523926, 523928, 523930, 523933, 523934, USGS 6131-CO; USNM 523935, USGS 6134- CO; USNM 523932, USGS 5101-CO; USNM 523929, USGS 4959-CO; USNM 523931, USGS 5096-CO. Unfigured paratypes.?USNM 523936A, USGS 6131-CO, 24 plates; USNM 523936B, USGS 5094-CO, one plate; USNM 523936C, USGS 5096-CO, two plates; USNM 523936D, USGS UMPC Length Width Height Plate 8212* 15.5 8.6 9.0 I 82I4A 10.8 9.3 5.8 I 82I4B 12.2 10.0 6.8 I 82I4C 12.3t 8.8 5.2 T 82I5A 13.4 8.4 6.9 I 82I5B 13.1 10.4t 7.1 I 82I5E 12.7 9.8 6.0 I * Holotype. t Estimated. 5101-CO, one plate; USNM 523936E, USGS 4959-CO, one plate; USNM 523936F USGS 6134-CO, 15 plates. Specimens include one tail plate and 53 intermediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 9. Occurrence.?Curdsville and Grier Limestone members, Lex- ington Limestone (Chatfieldian) in Kentucky. Discussion.?Helminthochiton blacki differs from the Europe- an H. grijfithi, H. grayanus de Koninck, 1860, H. thraivensis Reed, 1911, and H. aequivoca Robson, 1913 in having much more flatly arched plates. In general, the intermediate plates of H. grayanus compare closely, in terms of the subquadrangular shape, to those of H. blacki. All species previously assigned to this genus from upper Pa- leozoic rocks have sutural laminae and are now placed in Gry- phochiton Gray, 1847. The Helminthochitonidae Van Belle, 1975 is based on Helminthochiton, having the type H grijfithi, which lacks sutural laminae. As known at present, helminthochitonids are limited to a pre-Carboniferous age; Sirenko (2003) gives their range as Ordovician-Devonian. HELMINTHOCHITON MARGINATUS new species Figure 12 Diagnosis.?Tail plate oval with mucro located anterior to pos- terior margin; intermediate plates longer than wide, arched, with distinct jugum. Description.?Tail plate arched, oval, elongate, widest and highest posteriorly; jugal area narrow, mucro one-third of length anterior of posterior margin; posterior margin convex; lateral mar- gins convex converging towards narrowly convex anterior mar- gin; ventral surface not observed; dorsal surface with prominent comarginal growth lines. Intermediate plates longer than wide, subrectangular, moderate- ly arched; anterior margin with prominent sinus, anterolateral margins sharply convex; lateral margins nearly parallel; posterior margins convex, not pointed; dorsal surface with distinct jugum; lateral areas concave marked by faint radial lines extending from apex, with prominent comarginal growth lines; ventral surface deeply concave beneath jugal area; apical area narrow, extending to junction of posterior and lateral margins. Head plate arched posteriorly; anterior margin convex rounding smoothly into flatly convex lateral margins, posterior margin near- ly straight; side slopes on ventral surface concave, venter deeply concave medianly. Etymology.?^Latin, marginatus, furnished with a border. Figured fypes.?Holotype, USNM 523981 (Fig. 12.18-12.21); paratypes, USNM 523975-523980, 523982, 524902-524904. Unfigured paratypes.?^Eleven specimens, USNM 524904A. Specimens include one head plate, one tail plate, and 20 inter- mediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 10. Occurrence.?Forreston Member, Grand Detour Formation, Platteville Group (Turinian), Bauer's Quarry west of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin. From the same bed as Echinochiton dufoei. 16 HOARE AND POJETA FIGURE 11?Helminthochiton blacki n. sp. Curdsville and Grier Limestone members, Lexington Limestone, Kentucky. 1-25, Intermediate plates; 1, 2, dorsal and anterior views, 6131-CO, USNM 523926; 3-5, holotype, dorsal, ventral, and left lateral views, 4959-CO, USNM 523927; 6-8, dorsal, ventral, and left lateral views, 6131-CO, USNM 523928; 9, 10, dorsal and ventral views, 4959-CO, USNM 523929; 11-13, dorsal, ventral, and posterior views, 6131-CO, USNM 523930; 14-16, right lateral, dorsal, and ventral views, 5096-CO, USNM 523931; 17-19, dorsal, ventral, and anterior views, 5101-CO, USNM 523932; 20-22, left lateral, dorsal, and ventral views, 6131-CO, USNM 523933; 23-25, dorsal, ventral, and anterior views, 6131-CO, USNM 523934; 26-28, tail plate, posterior, dorsal, and ventral views, 6134-CO, USNM 523935. All figures X3. Discussion.?Helminthochiton marginatus occurs with Prea- canthochiton baueri n. sp. and is readily distinguished in later growth stages by the difference in growth patterns. Both species have subquadrangular intermediate plates with less distinct jugal areas in early growth stages (compare Figs. 7, 12). Whereas P. baueri continues to develop subquadrangular plates with a weak jugal area in latter growth, Helminthochiton marginatus developes subrectangular plates with a distinct, narrower, jugal area and be- comes sharply arched. In shape, H. marginatus is similar to Silurian species of Thai- roplax, such as T. pelta Cherns, 1998b, T. birhombivalis Bergen- hayn, 1955, and T. merriami Hoare, 2000a; however, these species of Thairoplax have prominent pointed shapes and large apical areas. Species of Paleochiton Smith in Smith and Toomey, 1964 ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 17 TABLE 9- -Measurements (in mm) of Helminthochiton blacki n. sp. TABLE 10?Measurements (in mm) of Helminthochiton marginatus n. sp. USNM Length Width Height Plate USNM Length Width Height Plate 523926 7.8 9.7 37 523975 11.5 8.8 3.0t 523928 9.0 9.6 3.0 523976 12.5 10.8 523930 12.8 11.4 5.3 523977 13.0 9.5 2.5t 523933 10.9 9.0 5.2 523978 6.9 6.9 ? 523934 9.8 12.0 4.1 523979 11.0 7.0t ? 523932 7.3 10.2 4.2 523980 8.0 87 ? H 523931 7.3 6.9 4.7 523981* 10.5 9.2 2.3t T 523927* 11.7 11.7 5.7 523929 9.0 10.0 4.5 * Holotype. 523935 77 77 4.3 T t Estimated. ' Holotype. have more strongly arched intermediate plates with distinct apical areas and the tail plate is narrowly elongate, as in the Silurian P. siskiyouensis Hoare, 2000a. Kluessendorf (1987) described sev- eral Silurian chiton morphotypes from Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, based upon internal molds. None of these approach H. mar- ginatus in shape. Family ALASTEGHDAE new family Type genus.?Alastega Cherns, 1998b. Included genera.?The type genus and Amblytochiton n. gen. Diagnosis.?^Small septemchitonids with strongly to broadly arched plates; head plate subrectangular; intermediate plates with anterior sinus, triangular, not quadrangular or rectangular in shape; tail plate arched posteriorly. Occurrence.?Ordovician (Turinian) of North America and Si- lurian (Wenlockian) of Sweden. Discussion.?Taxa of the Alastegiidae differ from other fami- lies of the Septemchitonida by the relatively short, broadly tri- angular, thin intermediate plates and posteriorly arched tail plates. Genus ALASTEGA Cherns, 1998b Diagnosis.?Alastegiids with large apical areas on intermediate plates. Occurrence.?As for the family. ALASTEGA MARTINI new species Figure 13 Diagnosis.?Tail plate smooth, elongate, narrowly subtriangu- lar, roundly arched transversely, posterior margin arched dorsally; FIGURE 12?Helminthochiton marginatus n. sp. Forreston Member, Grand Detour Fomation, Wisconsin. 1, Head plate, ventral mold, USNM 523980; 2-17, intermediate plates; 2-5, dorsal mold, dorsal cast, left lateral cast, and anterior cast, USNM 523975; 6, ventral mold, USNM 523976; 7, dorsal mold, USNM 523979; 8, dorsal mold, USNM 523982; 9, 10, dorsal mold and dorsal cast, USNM 524902; 11, dorsal mold, USNM 524903; 12, 13, dorsal mold and dorsal cast, USNM 523977; 14-16, dorsal mold, dorsal cast, and ventral mold, USNM 524904; 17, ventral mold, USNM 523978; 18-21, tail plate, holotype, right lateral cast, posterior cast, dorsal cast, and dorsal mold, USNM 523981. All figures X2. 18 HOARE AND POJETA FIGURE 13?Alastega martini n. sp. Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, Kentucky. 1-4, Head plate, dorsal, ventral, left lateral, and posterior views, 6915-CO, USNM 523937; 5-19, intermediate plates; J, 6, dorsal and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523938; 7- 9, dorsal, ventral, and right lateral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523939; 10-12, dorsal, posterior, and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523940; 13, 14, dorsal and ventral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523941; 15-17, dorsal, anterior, and ventral views, 6916-CO, USNM 523942; 18, 19, dorsal and anterior views, 6915-CO, USNM 523943; 20-25, tail plates; 20-22, right lateral, dorsal, and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523944; 23-25, holotype, dorsal, anterior, and ventral views, 6915-CO, USNM 523945. All figures X3. intermediate plates roundly arched, broad triangularly, pointed with deep anterior sinus; head plate strongly arched, pointed. Description.?Tail plate roundly arched transversely, narrow, subtriangular, anterior margin with moderately deep sinus, lateral margins broadly convex, curving more strongly posteriorly to apex; posterior ventral margin arched dorsally with narrow thick- ened margin, no distinct jugal area, lateral slopes convex; ventral surface smooth; comarginal growth lines present. Intermediate plates thin, roundly arched, broadly triangular, pointed; anterior margin with deep sinus; anterolateral margins sharply projecting, leading to straight or slightly convex postero- lateral margins, ending in a posterior apex; ventral surface with distinct, large, apical area becoming narrower laterally, extending to or past midlength; comarginal growth lines present. Head plate subquadrangular, strongly arched transversely; an- terior margin with shallow sinus; lateral and posterior margins flatly convex; ventral surface with large, triangular apical area extending laterally to junction of lateral and posterior margins; prominent comarginal growth lines. Etymology.?^For Martin Pojeta, brother of John Pojeta Jr. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 19 TABLE 11?Measurements (in mm) of Alastega martini n. sp. USNM Lengtli Width Height Plate 523943 9.3 10.3 4.0 I 523938 11.3 10.5 4.2 I 523940 7.5 8.7 4.0 I 523939 lO.O 8.8 4.3 I 523937 8.7 7.3 3.9 H 523942 11.4 9.5 3.5 I 523943 11.3t u.ot ? I 923945* 14.2 7.3 4.0 T * Holotype. t Estimated. Figured rypes.?Holotype, USNM 523945 (Fig. 13.23-13.25), USGS 6915-CO; paratypes, USNM 523937-523940, 523943, 523944, USGS 6925-CO; USNM 523941, 523942, USGS 6916- CO. Unfigured paratypes.?\JSiiM 523946, USGS 6915-CO, 85 plates; USNM 523946A, USGS 6916-CO, 112 plates; USNM 523946B, USGS 6136-CO, one plate. Specimens include two tail plates, one head plate, and 205 in- termediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 11. Occurrence.?Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lex- ington Limestone (Chatfieldian) in Kentucky. Discussion.?Alastega martini differs from A. lira Cherns, 1998b in having a subquadrangular head plate rather than an oval head plate, more flatly arched intermediate plates having a nar- rower and shallower anterior sinus and larger apical areas, and a more elongate tail plate. Genus AMBLYTOCHITON new genus Type species.?Amblytochiton incomptus n. sp. Diagnosis.?^Small, flatly arched plates; tail plate subquadran- gular with terminal mucro; intermediate plates subtriangular, pointed, with narrow apical area. Description.?Tail plate arched, subquadrangular with arched posterior margin and narrow ridge ventrally along posterior mar- gin; intermediate plates flatly arched, subtriangular, pointed, with distinct anterior sinus, and narrow apical area exending laterally past midlength; head plate subrectangular, flatly arched. Etymology.?Greek, amblytos, bluntness; chiton, tunic. Occurrence.?Tyrone Limestone (Turinian) in Kentucky. Discussion.?^Monotypic Amblytochiton differs from other known lower Paleozoic genera in the combination of the subquad- rangular shape of the head and tail plates, thinness of the plates, narrow apical area, and subtriangular intermediate plates. Kind- bladochiton Van Belle, 1975 (=Eochiton Smith in Smith and Toomey, 1964) has subquadrangular and sharply arched inter- mediate plates, which are also true for Paleochiton. The inter- mediate plates of h'ochiton Smith in Smith and Toomey, 1964 are wider than long. Alastega has an elongate tail plate which is less sharply ridged than that of Amblytochiton and has much larger apical areas on the intermediate plates. AMBLYTOCHITON INCOMPTUS new species Figure 14 Diagnosis.?As for the genus. Description.?Tail plate subquadrangular, strongly arched; lat- eral margins slightly convex; posterior margin nearly straight, arched dorsally; anterior margin unknown; jugal area faintly set off from lateral areas, mucro terminal; ventral surface with low, narrow ridge bordering posterior margin extending onto lateral margins, ridge turns sharply dorsally to form posterior plate mar- gin. ^^^^r^ "l^^^^ ^V ^^^Hi'.,/.;,/. "'^1 ^^^F ^^H ^^^^T^^sH ^^j^^^fif^H ^h^^l^l ^HB^I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^ ^H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^l VPHI ^i,:i':-.-;^ia v-^ ^^^^^^^T^^^^^^H 1 J ^^^^^^^^h^M^^^Rxr^l ^^^^^^Pt .1 HI ^^^^^^r ^^^^^^^^ i^ FIGURE 14?Amblytochiton incomptus n. gen. and sp. Tyrone Limestone, Kentucky. 1-4, Head plate, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and right lateral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523947; 5-16, intermediate plates; 5, 6, dorsal and anterior views, 6034-CO, USNM 523948; 7, dorsal view, 6034- CO, USNM 523949; 8, dorsal view, 6034-CO, USNM 523950; 9, 10, dorsal and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523951; 11, 12, dorsal and ventral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523952; 13, dorsal view, 6034-CO, USNM 523953; 14, 15, dorsal and right lateral views, 6034-CO, USNM 523954; 16, dorsal view, 6034-CO, USNM 523955; 17-20, tail plate, holotype, dorsal, left lateral, posterior, and ventral views, 6034- CO, USNM 523956. All figures X3. Intermediate plates subtriangular, flatly arched transversely; an- terior margin with shallow to moderately deep sinus; lateral mar- gins convex, converging posteriorly; posterior margins nearly straight, pointed; ventral surface with low, narrow apical area ta- pering laterally to junction of posterior and lateral margins; co- marginal growth lines present. 20 HOARE AND POJETA TABLE 12?Measurements (in mm) of Amblytochiton incomptus n. gen. and sp. USNM Length Width Height Plate 523947 7.3t 6.0 3.1 H 523948 8.5 7.0 3.2 I 523952 6.2t 6.8 3.1 I 523956* 9.0t 7.2 4.5 T * Holotype. t Estimated. Head plate subquadrangular, flatly arched; anterior and lateral margins flatly convex, posterior margin unknown; anterior margin slightly arched dorsally; ventral surface with indication of an api- cal area extending laterally to midlength. Etymology.?^Latin, in, without; comptus, adorned. Figured fypes.?Holotype, USNM 523956 (Fig. 14.17-14.20), USGS 6034-CO; paratypes, USNM 523947-523955. Unfigured paratype.?^USNM 523957. Specimens include one head plate, one tail plate, and nine in- termediate plates. Measurements.?See Table 12. Occurrence.?Tyrone Limestone (Turinian) in Kentucky. Discussion.?None of the plates of A. incomptus is complete; however, the characters, when pieced together, provide the basis for distinguishing the species. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We appreciate the assistance of A. B. Heckert, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, J. Hoff and K. C. Rogers, Science Museum of Minnesota, and D. L. Fox, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, for facilitating the loan of specimens. Likewise, P. Jell and K. Spring, Queensland Mu- seum, Brisbane, Australia, graciously gave us an extended loan of specimens. B. S. Kues, University of New Mexico, was helpful with our study of Flower's locality. R. E. Sloan, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, provided helpful information concerning some of the Minnesota specimens. J. 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Tyrone Limestone exposed in road and railroad cuts along road towards Kentucky utilities plant on east side of Blackburn Memorial Bridge Crossing Kentucky River, Woodford Co., Tyrone Quad- rangle. Sample from float 10.68 m below top of limestone. USGS 6034-CO. Tyrone Limestone exposed on New Watts Mill Road, 0.16 km southwest of intersection with Kentucky Route 39, Jessamine Co. Sample from 34.2 m above base of section. Section G of Cressman and Noger (1976), very near the top of the exposure (marked by the letter "f"), immediately below the Pencil Cave Bentonite of Drillers [=Deicke K Bentonite; Kolata et al. (1996, p. 26); Leslie (2000) and Saltzman et al. (2003)]. Also, locality 6034-CO is marked by the letters "AAA" on the geologic map of the Little Hickman Quadrangle (Wolcott, 1969). USGS 6035-CO. Tyrone Limestone. Same locality as USGS 6034-CO. Sample from 27.1 to 28.7 m above base of section. USGS D-1138-CO. Tyrone Limestone exposed in creek to west and parallel with Marble Creek northwest of the YMCA Camp, Jessamine Co. Sample from 8.8 m above base of unit. USGS D-1138-CO is marked by the letter "R" on the geologic map of the Valley View Quadrangle (Greene, 1966). USGS 5101-CO. Lower part of the Curdsville Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, exposed on Kentucky Route 169 just west of Hick- man Creek crossing, Fayette Co. Sample from lower portion of limestone. USGS 5101-CO is not marked on the geologic map of the Nicholasville Quadrangle (MacQuown, 1968). USGS 6134-CO. Lower part of the Curdsville Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, exposed in road 0.32 km west of Dix River cross- ing of Kentucky Route 52, Garrard Co. Sample from lower 0.92 m of member. USGS 6134-CO is marked on the geologic map of the Bryants- ville Quadrangle by the letter 'H' (Wolcott and Cressman, 1971). USGS 6131 -CO. Upper part of the Curdsville Limestone Member, Lex- ington Limestone, exposed on Kentucky Route 33 just north of bridge crossing of Mocks Branch, 4.02 km north of Danville, Franklin Co. Sam- ple from 7 m above Tyrone-Lexington contact. USGS 6131-CO is marked with a red 'X' on the graphic stratigraphic column on the geologic map of the Danville Quadrangle (Cressman, 1972). USGS 4928-CO. Grier Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone ex- posed 0.81 km east and 2.58 km south of northwest corner of Salvisa Quadrangle, Anderson Co. Sample from 6.7 km below base of Brannon Member USGS 4959-CO. Grier Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, ex- posed in road on west side of Kentucky River at bridge crossing of Cen- tral Kentucky Parkway, on north side of parkway, Anderson Co. Sample from 45.4 to 46.4 m above Tyrone Limestone. USGS 4959-CO is from just below the top of the Grier Limestone Member from Cressman's (1973, pi. 1) Salvisa B section (=Section 176) and is marked by the letter 'B' on the geologic map of the Salvisa Quadrangle (Cressman, 1968). USGS 5094-CO. Grier Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, ex- posed in road cuts along Devils Hollow Road 1.1 km south of Buttimer Hill, Franklin Co. Frankfort West Quadrangle. Sample from 13.7 m above Macedonia Bed. USGS 5096-CO. Grier Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, ex- posed in abandoned railroad bed near top of north bluff of Kentucky River 0.64 km southeast of YMCA Camp, near the notation "YMCA Camp" on the geologic map of the Valley View Quadrangle (Greene, 1966), just east of the Kentucky River Fault, Jessamine Co. Sample from near top of bluff. USGS 6136-CO. Faulconer Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lex- ington Limestone, exposed in roadcut on Kentucky Route 52, 2.33 km east of junction with U.S. Route 150, 0.24 km east of crossing of Ken- tucky Route 52 and Balls Branch Run, Boyle Co., Bryantsville Quadran- gle. Sample from basal 0.92 to 1.2 m of member. USGS 5015-CO. Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lexing- ton Limestone, exposed in quarry 0.64 km south of Perryville on east side of Mitchellsburg Road, east side of Chaplin River, Boyle Co. Sample from 1.53 m above base of bed. On the geologic map of the Perryville Quadrangle, Cressman (1974) labeled USGS 5015-CO, 6915-CO, and 6916-CO with the letters 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Cressman (1973, p. 6 and 24) named, numbered, and described the sections from which the collection came as Perryville Section A (=Perryville North), Section 30A (USGS 6915-CO and 6916-CO) and Perryville Section B (=Perryville South), Section 30B (USGS 5015-CO). USGS 6915-CO. Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lexing- ton Limestone, exposed in Boyle County quarry on the west side of U.S. Route 68, 2.1 km northeast of Perryville, Boyle Co., Perryville Quadran- gle. Sample from basal 0.61 m of bed on northwest wall of quarry. USGS 6916-CO. Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lexing- ton Limestone. Same locality as USGS 6915-CO. Sample from east wall of quarry. USGS 6138-CO. Comishville Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lex- ington Limestone. Same locality as 6136-CO. Sample from 4.9 m above Perryville-Tanglewood Members contact. USGS 5036-CO. Devils Hollow Member, Lexington Limestone, ex- posed in stream on Squires Road 2.9 km southwest of intersection with U.S. Route 421 (upstream 0.16 km), Fayette Co., Coletown Quadrangle. Sample from 18.3 m above base of Brannon Member. APPENDIX B TAPHONOMY OF SILICIFIED KENTUCKY ORDOVICIAN CHITON-BEARING SHELL BEDS Using probable environments of deposition, silicified Kentucky Or- dovician mollusk-rich chiton-bearing shell beds can be grouped into those occurring in very shallow nearshore subtidal, lagoonal, and open marine deposits (Table 13). Nearshore subtidal deposits.?The oldest abundant fauna is found in the Tyrone Limestone (USGS 6034-CO and D-1138-CO). "The Tyrone Limestone accumulated in quiet shallow water and was periodically ex- posed to the air" (Cressman, 1973, p. 13). Cressman and Noger (1976) concluded that the Camp Nelson and Tyrone limestones (High Bridge Group) were deposited in tidal flat and immediate subtidal carbonate en- vironments analogous to those seen today in the Bahamas and Florida Bay. MoUusks dominate these biopelsparite shell beds, being represented by 5,332 specimens placed in 36 species. The moUuscan fauna is dominated by pteriomorph pelecypods and gastropods. Of the 5,320 pelecypods, 2,218 are pteriomorphs, of which 2,000 belong to the single species Cyr- todonta subovata Ulrich, 1894a. The gastropods total c. 2,593 specimens, but have not been studied in detail. The pelecypods are disarticulated as are the polyplacophorans. Most of the cephalopods are pieces of phrag- mocone or siphuncle; one nearly complete Oncoceras Hall, 1847 was found (Frey, 1995, pi. 19, figs. 11-14). Not all moUusk specimens could be identified to species, because some are small fragments probably re- sulting from incomplete silicification. The nonmoUuscan fauna is sparse both in number of species and di- versity. Specimens were not counted, they are placed in nine species. The overlying bentonite is assumed to account for the silicification of the fossils in this bed. The beds immediately below USGS 6034-CO are micrites and pelmicrites having mud cracks and some brecciated layers, and generally lack fossils. USGS 6034-CO is the most mollusk-rich shell bed of any of the 1,100 fossil collections made during the Kentucky mapping project. A total of 12,500 fossils were obtained; 10,000 of these are mollusks that are not weathered or worn. USGS D-1138-CO is also from high in the Tyrone Limestone below bentonite bands and the fossils are silicified. This collection is essentially in the same stratigraphic position, and has much the same lithology as USGS 6034-C. The two collections are on adjacent east-west quadran- gles. The shell bed at USGS D-1138-CO has a much greater abundance of the tabulate coral Tetradium cf. T. cellulosum (Hall, 1847) (identified by W. A. Oliver, USGS) and lacks the numerous pelecypods and ceph- alopods found in the shell bed at locality 6034-CO. In part, these differences in the two faunas recovered are probably the result of the differences in the sample sizes and the types of outcrops from which the samples were collected. The sample from USGS 6034- CO was seven times the size taken at USGS D-1138-CO (Table 13) and was from a more complete exposure of the Tyrone Limestone. Lagoonal deposits.?^The Salvisa Bed, Perryville Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, USGS 5015-CO, 6915-CO, and 6916-CO, is youn- ger than the Tyrone Limestone. "The light-gray calcilutite [of the Salvisa 24 HOARE AND POJETA TABLE 13?Summary of number of species, specimens, and weight of rock digested in the taphonomic analysis of Kentucky localities. ? = specimens TABLE 13?Continued. not counted or identified. Number of Fauna species Number of specimens mber of pecies Number of specimens Nu: Fauna si Grier Limestone Member; 4959-CO [136.1 kg (300 lbs)] and 5096-CO [136.1 kg (300 lbs)] chitons NEARSHORE SUBTIDAL DEPOSITS 1 5 Tyrone Limestone; 6034-CO [665.9 kg ; (1,468 lbs)] pteriomorph pelecypods 3 39 and D-1138-CO [90.9 kg (200 lbs)] palaeotaxodont pelecypods 3 139 chitons 2 238 other pelecypods 2 3 and frags. pteriomorph pelecypods 4 2,218 nautiloids 1 2 palaeotaxodont pelecypods 3 55 gastropods 5 8H- nautiloids 18 180 monoplacophorans/bellerophonts 7 37 gastropods 7 c. 2,593 scaphopods 1 8 bellerophonts 2 48 Total mollusks 23 314-H Total mollusks 36 5,332 inarticulate brachiopods 1 4 strophomenid brachiopods 1 2 orthid brachiopods 2 55 pentamerid brachiopods 1 few strophomenid brachiopods 1 62 corals 2 7 rhynchonellid brachiopods 1 250 ostracodes 5 7 spiriferid brachiopods 1 450 Total other fauna 9 Total brachiopods 6 821 LAGOONAL DEPOSITS Salvisa Bed; 5015-CO [645.5 kg (1,423 lbs)], 6915-CO [241.3 kg (532 lbs)], and 6916-CO [107 kg (236 lbs)] chitons 2 674 pteriomorph pelecypods palaeotaxodont pelecypods other pelecypods nautiloids 5 3 4 9 369 708 48 few frags. rostroconchs 1 25 gastropods monoplacophorans/bellerophonts Total mollusks 5 7 27 92 (5015-CO only) 113 (5015-CO only) 2,029 rhynchonellid brachiopods spiriferid brachiopods orthid brachiopods strophomenid brachiopods Total brachiopods 1 1 2 1 5 1,444 244 31 3 1,722 corals 2 frags. trilobites 5 9 ostracodes 7 9 Total other fauna 14 OPEN-MARINE DEPOSITS Lower part of the Curdsville Limestone Member; 5101-CO [362.4 kg (799 lbs)] and 6134-CO [286.7 kg (632 lbs)] chitons 1 18 pteriomorph pelecypods palaeotaxodont pelecypods heterodont pelecypods other pelecypods nautiloids 2 3 1 2 ? 532 39 32 2 few frags. gastropods monoplacophorans/bellerophonts Total mollusks 6 5 20 7 7 orthid brachiopods rhynchonellid brachiopods strophomenid brachiopods spiriferid brachiopods pentamerid brachiopods Total brachiopods 5 1 2 1 1 10 13 (5101-COonly) 25 (5101-COonly) 4 (5101-COonly) 10 (5101-COonly) 7 corals 2 frags. echinoderms 2 3 receptaculitid Total other fauna 1 5 2 Upper part of the Curdsville Limestone Member: 6131-CO [320.7 kg (707 lbs)] chitons 1 25 pteriomorph pelecypods palaeotaxodont pelecypods nautiloids 2 3 1,254 58 few frags. gastropods monoplacophorans/bellerophonts Total mollusks 3 2 11 7 7 orthid brachiopods strophomenid brachiopods rhynchonellid brachiopods spiriferid brachiopods Total brachiopods 4 2 1 1 8 7 7 7 7 Bed] resembles much of the limestone in the Tyrone Limestone" (Cress- man, 1973, p. 25). "Microscopically, the light-colored calcilutite ranges from featureless micrite to pelmicrite and pelsparite in which [occur] micrite pellets" (Cressman, 1973, p. 28). Cressman (1973, p. 28-30) noted that the Salvisa Bed was deposited in shallow quiet water, no more than 1.83 m (6 ft) deep, protected by calcarenite bars of the contempo- raneous Tanglewood Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone. Probably these bars restricted circulation, causing higher salinites during Salvisa deposition. Thus, it is likely that the silicified shell beds in the Salvisa Bed were deposited in a lagoonlike environment. The rocks are petroliferous beds of calcilutite 5-15 cm (2-6 in.) thick, and differ markedly from the underlying and overlying units which are calcisiltite or have nodular bedding. The color of Salvisa rocks ranges from light to dark gray. Fossils are common. The lightest-colored beds yielded few fossils. The darkest-colored beds are the most petroliferous and the fossils are broken and fragmented and the fauna is dominated by bryozoans and contains ostracodes. The intermediate-colored beds yield- ed the most whole fossils; in these beds, the whole shells were at various angles to bedding and the pelecypods were both convex side up or down. The polyplacophorans are disarticulated; this is also largely the case with the pelecypods, and the shells were probably moved; although robust shells, such as the rhynchonellids, could remain articulated. The shells are not worn or abraded. A few of the cyrtodontid pelecypods were ar- ticulated, but the valves separated as acid-etching progressed. In the ligh- ter-colored beds, fossils tend to be whole and the fauna is dominated by cyrtodontid and palaeotaxodont pelecypods, disarticulated chiton plates, and Tetradium corals. Mollusks (2,029 specimens) and brachiopods (1,722 specimens) dom- inate the fauna. Mollusks are placed in 27 species. Pelecypods are rep- resented by 1,125 valves, of which 369 are pteriomorphs and 708 are palaeotaxodonts. The pteriomorph fauna is dominated by the species Cyr- todonta subovata (252 specimens) and the palaeotaxodont fauna is dom- inated by the species Deceptrix aff. D. hartsvillensis (Safford, 1869) (546 specimens). The brachiopod fauna is dominated by the rhynchonellid Orthorhyn- chula linneyi (James, 1881) (1,444 specimens) and the spiriferid Zygos- pira sp. (244 specimens). There are also 31 specimens of two species of orthids and three specimens of a strophomenoid. The remaining fauna includes two species of corals, but is dominated by trilobites and ostracodes. In comparing the Tyrone Limstone faunas in which Spicuchelodes cressmani n. sp. occurs with those in the Salvisa Bed in which the younger species Listrochiton weiri n. gen. and sp. occurs, the major similarities are: 1) they both occur in similar rock types; 2) both contain large numbers of pteriomorph and palaeotaxodont pelecypods; and 3) both contain Tetradium Dana, 1846. The major differences are: 1) the almost complete exclusion of nonmollusks in the Tyrone Limestone (USGS 6034-CO) and the greater diversity of nonmollusks in the Sal- visa Bed, to the point where mollusks and brachiopods occur in almost equal numbers, although there are 26 species of mollusks compared to ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 25 five species of brachiopods, with two species dominating the brachio- pod fauna; 2) the exclusion of identifiable cephalopods in the Salvisa Bed; and 3) the significant arthropod fauna in the Salvisa Bed repre- sented by five species of trilobites and seven species of ostracodes, although in the Tyrone Limestone (D-1138-CO), a significant ostracode fauna occurs with Spicuchelodes cressmani. Open-marine deposits.?^The sequence of rock units from the Curds- ville Limestone Member through the Grier Limestone Member, Lexington Limestone, represents a transgression and deeping water (Cressman, 1973). "The basal Curdsville bioclastic calcarenites and calcirudites were deposited in agitated water of the inner infralittoral zone. The disconfor- mity [between the older Tyrone and the younger Curdsville] then resulted from a slight deepening of the water which permitted the formation of waves of sufficient energy to erode the uppermost part of the Tyrone Limestone and to break, sort, and transport the debris of fossils that could thrive in the more aerated water" (Cressman, 1973, p. 13). "The bioclastic calcarenite and calcirudite, crossbedded in part, [of the lower Curdsville] indicate formation in a high-energy environment, prob- ably in water above surf base; however, [the lower Curdsville] also con- tains beds of calcisiltite, unabraded fossils, and articulated pelecypods, all indicative of a low energy environment. The most likely explanation of the frequent [changes in bed lithologies] is that the coarser fragments accumulated in small bars while the finer material was deposited in to- pographic lows. Migration of the bars would have resulted in interbedding of coarser and finer grained sediments" (Cressman, 1973, p. 14). The thin discontinuous bentonites in the Curdsville are thought to be the source of the silica that replaced the calcium carbonate of the fossils. USGS 5101-CO and 6134-CO are from the lower Curdsville at the start of the transgression and are shallow open-marine deposits. This part of the Curdsville is: "crystalline, bioclastic limestones that consist of calcirudites, crossbedded and ripple-marked calcarenites, and laminated calcisiltites. The grains are abraded sorted fragments of crinoids, bryo- zoans, and brachiopods. Whole and broken brachiopod and mollusk shells are common, and many silicified" (Cressman, 1973). MoUusks are dom- inant, in both numbers and diversity. Brachiopod diversity is high but the number of specimens is small compared to the moUusks. Mollusks are placed in 20 species. The pelecypods are represented by 605 valves, of which 466 belong to the pteriomorph species Vanuxemia gibbosa Ulrich, 1894a. The univalves were not counted. Brachiopods are represented by 10 species, but only the eight species in USGS 5101-CO were counted. The remaining identified fauna is two species of corals and two species of echinoderms. The upper Curdsville "consists of irregularly bedded fossiliferous lime- stone interbedded with bioclastic calcarenite" (Cressman, 1973, p. 13, 14). "The upper Curdsville was probably deposited in deeper water be- cause none of the shell beds are composed of broken and abraded shells, as occurs in some beds of the lower Curdsville. This vertical sequence of rock types in the Curdsville, high-energy, shallow-water deposits in the lower part grading to deeper water deposits at the top, record a marine transgression" (Cressman, 1973, p. 14). USGS 6131-CO is from the upper Curdsville Limestone Member, Lex- ington Limestone. Only the chiton and pelecypod specimens were count- ed. A total of approximately 2,000 specimens were obtained from this collection; of these, 1,312 were pelecypods. The pteriomorph Vanuxemia gibbosa was represented by 1,247 valves. Mollusks are placed in 11 spe- cies. Brachiopods are represented by eight species. The Grier Limestone Member of the Lexington Limestone is a deeper water open- marine deposit compared to the Curdsville Limestone Mem- ber Of the environment of deposition of the Grier Limestone Member, Cressman (1973, p. 19-20) stated: "The abundance, kind, and state of preservation of the fossils and the poor sorting of the limestone indicate that most of the member was deposited in shallow, aerated, only mod- erately agitated water Much of the sea floor was populated by a mixed bryozoan-crinoid fauna. The lenticular and nodular beds very closely re- semble structures in recent sediments that are attributed to churning by burrowing organisms. Some of the pelecypods were infaunal, but most of the churning must have been by soft-bodied organisms that left no fossil record." "Currents were sufficient to supply oxygen and food to the large fauna of suspension feeders, distribute crinoid columnals, and winnow some of the carbonate mud, but they were too weak to thoroughly comminute and sort the skeletal debris or to remove all of the lime mud. Much of the Grier probably accumulated in depths of less than 15 m of water" (Cress- man, 1973, p. 21). USGS 4959-CO and 5096-CO are dominated numerically by gastro- pods and brachiopods. Mollusks are placed in 23 species. Of the 181 valves of pelecypods, 125 belong to the palaeotaxodont species Deceptrix cf. D. hartsvillensis. The gastropod fauna is dominated by the species Loxoplocus (Lophospira) burgenensis Ulrich and Scofield, 1897; speci- mens were not counted, but were estimated as some hundreds of individ- uals. Brachiopods are represented by six species. Of the 821 brachiopod specimens, 250 are Rhynchotrema increbescens (Hall, 1847) and 450 are Zygospira sp. OBSERVATIONS 1. In all three environments of deposition, moUuscan diversity is greater than brachiopod diversity. In the nearshore subtidal environment, mollusks and brachiopods total 38 species, of which mollusks represent 94.74%. Of the total number of species present, mollusks represent 83.72%; brachiopods 4.65% of the species. In comparing mollusk versus brachiopod species diversity in the other shell beds studied, the numbers are: Salvisa Bed, mollusks 84.38%; lower Curdsville, mollusks 66.67%; upper Curdsville, mol- lusks 57.89%; Grier Limestone, mollusks 79.31%. 2. Cephalopods are only significant in the nearshore subtidal deposits, where they represent 50% of the mollusk species present, but only 3.38% of the identifiable specimens. 3. In all three environments of deposition, pelecypod faunas are domi- nated by palaeotaxodonts and pteriomorphs, to almost the complete exclusion of the other known subclasses. 4. In all three environments of deposition, pelecypod faunas are domi- nated by a single species. 5. Gastropods are coequal to, or exceed, the pelecypods in number of specimens in the shallow subtidal and deeper water open-marine en- vironments of deposition. 6. In the lagoonal and open-marine environments of deposition, the bra- chiopod fauna is dominated by one or two species. 7. In all three environments of deposition, chitons show low diver- sity. 8. In none of the collections of chiton plates was there a ratio of 1:6:1 of head, intermediate, and tail plates. FAUNAL LISTS AND SPECIES COUNTS USGS 6034-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Spicuchelodes cressmani n. sp., 79 intermediate plates; Amblytochiton incomptus n. sp., nine intermediate plates, one head plate; one tail plate. Pelecypoda:?A total of 2,256 disarticulated valves of palaeotaxodonts and pteriomorphs were found. The most abundant species is the pteriom- orph Cyrtodonta subovata Ulrich, 1894a, 2,000 valves. Other pteriom- orphs are: Vanuxemia gibbosa Ulrich, 1894a, 180 valves; Vanuxemia sp. indet., 12 fragments; Cleionychia sp., 25 valves. The palaeotaxodonts are: Ctenodonta nasuta (Hall, 1847), 33 valves; C. logani Salter, 1859, one valve; Tancrediopsis sp., 17 valves. Bellerophontina:?Salpingostoma kentuckyense Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, 45 specimens; Pterotheca expansa (Emmons, 1842), three speci- mens. "Nautiloida":?The 180 specimens of nautiloids were studied by Frey (1995). He listed 18 species-three ellesmerocerids, six othocerids, one endocerid, three actinocerids, one tarphycerid, and four oncocerids. Gastropoda:?The approximate number of identifiable gastropods is 2,500 specimens; however, they have not been studied systematically. Wagner (1990) examined the lophospirids, but he did not publish the results. OTHER FAUNA The nonmoUuscan fauna from USGS Collection 6034-CO is sparse and was not counted. Included in the fauna is the brachiopod Camerella sp. (identified by R. B. Neuman), the corals Lambeophyllum? sp. (Elias, 1983) and Tetradium sp., and indeterminate ostracodes. 26 HOARE AND POJETA USGS D-1138-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Spicuchelodes cressmani n. sp., 145 intermediate plates, one head plate, two tail plates. Pelecypoda:?Tancrediopsis sp., four specimens; Cyrtodonta sp., one specimen. Gastropoda (identified by E. L. Yochelson):?Ninety-three specimens assigned to the genera Loxoplocus {Lophospird) sp, lEotomaria sp., Hel- icotoma sp., Trochomena {Trochomend) sp., T. (Trochomenella) sp., Hol- opea sp., and Murchisonia (Hormotoma) sp. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R. B. Neuman):?Sowerbyella sp., two specimens. Ostracoda (identified by J. M. Berdan and Berdan (1984), not counted): ?Eoleperditia fabulites (Conrad, 1843), Cerartoleperditia kentuckyensis (Ulrich, 1891), Leperditella spp., Aptochilina sp., and Krausella sp. Corals (identified by W. A. Oliver):?Tetradium cf. T. cellulosum and a streptelasmid. USGS 5015-CO, 6915-CO, AND 6916-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Listrochiton weiri n. sp., 449 intermediate plates, six head plates, 12 tail plates; Alastega martini n. sp., 204 intermediate plates, one head plate, two tail plates. Pelecypoda:?A total of 1,125 disarticulated valves, dominated by pteriomorphs and palaeotaxodonts, were counted. The pteriomorphs are: Cyrtodonta subovata, three valves; C. grandis (Ulrich, 1890c), 252 valves; Vanuxemia aff. V. sardesoni (Ulrich, 1892a), 97 valves; Ambon- ychia cf. A. ulrichi (Pojeta, 1962), 16 valves; Palaeopteria aff. P. parvula Whiteaves, 1897, one valve. The palaeotaxodonts are: Ctenodonta nasuta, 119 valves; C. aff. C. longa (Ulrich, 1892b), 43 valves; Deceptrix aff. D. hartsvillensis Safford, 1869, 546 valves. The remaining 48 specimens are assigned to: Colpomya sp., eight valves; Lyrodesma sp., one valve; Whiteavesia sp., four valves; and a number of modiomorphid fragments. Rostroconchia:?Bransonia cressmani Pojeta and Runnegar, 1976, 25 specimens. Gastropoda (identified by E. L. Yochelson, for collection 5015-CO only):?Clathrospira cf. C. subconica (Hall, 1847), three specimens; Lox- oplocus (Lophospira) humilus Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, eight speci- mens; L. (L.) medialis Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, four specimens; L. (L.) obliqua Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, 75 specimens; IStrophostylus sp. in- det., two specimens. Monoplacophora/Bellerophontina (identified by E. L. Yochelson for collection 5015-CO only) (monographed by Wahlman, 1992):?IPilina sp. indet., five specimens; Cyrtolites retrorsus Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, four specimens; ITropidodiscus cf. T. subacutus (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897), 10 specimens; Bucania subalata Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, 15 specimens; Bucanopsis carinifera Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, 14 speci- mens; Sphenosphaera clausus (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897), 50 specimens; Carinaropsis cymbula (Hall, 1861), 15 specimens. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R.B. Neuman for 6915-Co and 6916-CO) (monographed by Alberstadt, 1979; Howe, 1979; and Walker, 1982):? Hebertella frankfortensis Foerste, 1909, 24 specimens; Orthorhynchula linneyi, 1,444 specimens; Zygospira sp., 244 specimens; Platystrophia sp., seven specimens; Rafinesquina sp., three specimens. Corals (identified by W. A. Oliver Jr, not counted):?Tetradium cf. T. fibratum Safford, 1856; T. cf. T. ulrichi Bassler, 1932. Trilobites (Ross, 1967, 1979), not counted):?Isotelus gigas Dekay, 1824; Gravicalymene hageni Ross, 1967; Decoroproetus sp.; Primaspis sp.; Acidaspis? sp. Ostracoda (Warshauer and Berdan, 1982; Berdan, 1984):?Bivia tum- idula (Ulrich, 1891) (not counted); B. linneyi (Ulrich, 1891), 11 speci- mens; Teichochilina jonesi (Wetherby, 1881) (not counted); Ceratopsis asymmetrica Warshauer and Berdan, 1982, one specimen and many frag- ments; C. intermedia Ulrich, 1894b, seven specimens and many frag- ments; Bolopisthia sculptilis (Ulrich, 1890b), two specimens; Pheloby- thocypris cylindrica (Hall, 1871), 10 specimens. USGS 6134-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Helminthochiton blacki n. sp., 15 intermediate plates, one tail plate. Pelecypoda:?The faunule is dominated by one pteriomorph species; Vanuxemia gibbosa, 415 valves; Cyrtodonta subovata, 59 valves; Cten- odonta aff. C. nasuta, four valves; C aff. C. longa, one valve; Tancre- diopsis sp., 34 valves. Gastropoda:?(identified by E. L. Yochelson, not counted); Loxoplocus {Lophospira) sp. indet.; cf. Omospira sp.; IRaphistoma sp.; ILiospira sp.; Helicotoma sp. indet.; Murchisonia (Hormotoma) sp. indet. Monoplacophora/Bellerophontina (identified by E. L. Yochelson, not counted):?Cyrtolites sp. indet; Sinuites sp. indet.; Carinaropsis sp, in- det.; cf. Tropidodiscus sp.; cf. Bucania sp. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R. B. Neuman, not counted):?Camerella? sp.; Dalmanella sp.; Pionodemal sp.; Platystrophia amoena longicardi- nalis McEwan, 1919; Rafinesquina sp.; Rhynchotrema cf. R. increbescens (Hall, 1847); Zygospira sp. Echinodermata (Parsley, 1981):?Amygdalocystites fiorealis Billings, 1854, one specimen. Receptaculids:?Two specimens. USGS 5101-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Helminthochiton blacki n. sp., two intermediate valves. Pelecypoda:?Vanuxemia gibbosa, 51 valves; Cyrtodonta subovata, seven valves; Lyrodesma cf. L. acuminatum Ulrich, 1894a, one valve. Gastropoda (identified by E. L. Yochelson):?Liospira sp. indet., one specimen; Loxoplocus {Lophospira) sp. indet., two specimens. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R. B. Neuman):?Dinorthispectinella (Em- mons, 1842), two specimens; Hesperorthis sp., six specimens; Platystro- phia sp., two specimens; Rafinesquina sp., one specimen; Rhynchotrema sp., 25 specimens; Sowerbyella curdsvillensis (Foerste, 1912), six speci- mens; Zygospira sp., 10 specimens; dalmanellid indet., three specimens. Corals (identified by W A. Oliver, not counted):?Streptelasmid; ?A'yc- topora sp. Echinodermata (Branstrator, 1979):?Stenaster cf. S. obtusus (Forbes, 1848), three brachial fragments. USGS 6131-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Helminthochiton blacki n. sp., 30 intermediate plates. Pelecypoda:?Vanuxemia gibbosa, 1,247 valves; Cyrtodonta subovata, seven specimens; Similodonta aff. S. hermitagensis Bassler, 1932, 52 specimens; Tancrediopsis cuneata (Hall, 1856), five specimens; Cteno- donta cf. C. nasuta (Hall, 1847), one specimen. Gastropoda (identified by E. L. Yochelson, not counted):?Loxoplocus {Lophospira) cf. L. (L.) medialis; Liospira sp. indet.; Murchisonia {Hor- motoma) sp. indet. Monoplacophora/Bellerophontina (identified by E. L. Yochelson, not counted):?IBucania sp. indet; Sphenospira sp. indet. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R. B. Neuman, not counted):?Dalmamella fertilis (Ulrich in Bassler, 1909); Dinorthis pectinella; Hesperorthis sp.; Platystrophia amoena McEwan, 1919; Rafinesquina sp; Rhynchotrema cf. R. increbescens; Sowerbyella curdsvillensis; Zygospira sp. FAUNA OF COLLECTION USGS 4959-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Helminthochiton blacki n. sp., two intermediate plates. Pelecypoda:?Cyrtodonta subovata, 12 valves and many fragments; Vanuxemia gibbosa, seven valves and many fragments;. Ambonychia sp. indet., five valves; Ctenodonta aff. C. logani, nine valves. ORDOVICIAN POLYPLACOPHORA FROM NORTH AMERICA 27 Scaphopoda:?Rhytiodentalium kentuckyensis Pojeta and Runngear, 1979, eight specimens. Gastropoda (identified by E. L. Yoclielson):?Loxoplocus (Lophospira) burgenensis Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, 30 specimens; Murchisonia (Hor- motoma) salteri nitida Ulrich and Scofield, 1897, 50 specimens. Monoplacophora/Bellerophontina (identified by E. L. Yochelson):? Bucania sp. indet. (not counted); Bucanopsis carinifera, four specimens; Sphenosphaera clausus, seven specimens; Carinaropsis cymbula, two specimens. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R. B. Neuman):?Hebertella frankfortensis, 10 specimens; Lingulellal sp., four specimens; Rafinesquina sp., 50 spec- imens; Rhynchotrema increbescens, 250 specimens; Zygospira sp., 250 specimens. FAUNA OF COLLECTION USGS 5096-CO MOLLUSCA Polyplacophora:?Helminthochiton blacki n. sp., three intermediate plates. Pelecypoda:?Deceptrix cf. D. hartsvillensis, 125 specimens; Cteno- donta socialis Ulrich, 1894a, two specimens; Ambonychia radiata Hall, 1847, 10 specimens; Cycloconcha aff. C. ovata Ulrich, 1893, one spec- imen; Modiolodon oviformis (Ulrich, 1890a), two specimens and 30 frag- ments. Nautiloids (Frey, 1995):?Isorthoceras albersi (Miller and Faber, 1894), two specimens. Gastropoda (identified by E. L. Yochelson):?Liospira progne (Bill- ings, 1860) (not counted); Clathrospira subconica, one specimen; Lox- oplocus {Lophospira) burgenensis, hundreds of specimens; Holopea sp., one specimen. Monoplacophora/Bellerophontina (identified by E. L. Yochelson):? Sphenosphaera troosti burgenensis (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897), nine specimens; S. clausus, 10 specimens; Cyrtolites retrorsus, two specimens; Bucania cf. B. subalata, two specimens; Bucanopsis carinifera, three specimens. OTHER FAUNA Brachiopoda (identified by R. B. Neuman):?Hebertella frankfortensis, 35 specimens; Pionodema sp., 10 specimens; Rafinesquina sp., 12 spec- imens; Zygospira sp., 200 specimens.