Louisville Limestone (KY*,IN*)
Louisville Member of Pleasant Mills Formation (IN)
Big Rock, Shanks Quarry, and Cross Hill Members (KY,IN).
early Silurian (Wenlock)*
Type area: east of Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY (Foerste, 1897).
Composite stratotype (Conkin and others, 1992).
Cincinnati arch*
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