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Robertson County, Kentucky, USAi
Regional Level Types
Robertson CountyAutonomous County
KentuckyState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mount Olivet346 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
388563
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:388563:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A county located in northern Kentucky. Its county seat is Mount Olivet. The county is named for George Robertson, a Kentucky Congressman from 1817 to 1821. It is Kentucky's smallest county by total area and the least populous.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences117
Youngest Fossil Listed450 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician)
Oldest Fossil Listed461 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kope - Fulton117460.9 - 449.5 Ma (Ordovician)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sinuites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuitidae : Sinuites460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Lophospira
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Cryptolithus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Cryptolithus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Isotelus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Isotelus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Achatella
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pterygometopidae : Achatella460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Flexicalymene
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Dalmanella
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : Dalmanella460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Eridorthis
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Glyptorthidae : Eridorthis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Rafinesquina
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Rafinesquina460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Sowerbyella
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Sowerbyella460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Zygospira
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Anazygidae : Zygospira460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Glyptocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Glyptocrinus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Cincinnaticrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cincinnaticrinus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ectenocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Homocrinidae : Ectenocrinus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Merocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Merocrinus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_County,_Kentucky
Wikidata ID:Q503468
GeoNames ID:4306340


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