Locality 17: Solvay Processing Co., Unit 8, Sibley (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, Michigan (42.2° N, 83.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 30.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anderdon Limestone Member (Lucas Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Anderdon Limestone often is considered its own formation.

•Conodont zone from Prosh (Can. J. Earth Sci. 32: 1073- 1077)

•Unit 10 of Bassett (1935, Bull. Geol. Soc. America 46[3]).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray limestone

• Limestone, granular, dark buff to brown at base to light buff-gray at top.

•Lowest 3 inches has many carbonaceous laminae.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: G. M. Ehlers, E. C. Stumm, and R. V. Kesling. 1951. Devonian rocks of southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio. Stratigraphy field trip, Detroit meeting. Devonian rocks of southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio. Stratigraphy field trip, Detroit meeting 1-48 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102527: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 16.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Presented in numerous papers.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina -
"Straparollus (Serpulospira) diversiformis" = Serpulospira diversiformis
"Straparollus (Serpulospira) diversiformis" = Serpulospira diversiformis Linsley 1968 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
"? Isonema corrugata" = Elasmonema corrugata
"? Isonema corrugata" = Elasmonema corrugata Stauffer 1909 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Pagodea falcatinoda n. sp. Linsley 1968 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae
Omphalocirrus sp. de Ryckholt 1860 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Turbonitella trunculinoda Linsley 1968 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Cerithioides incomptum Linsley 1968 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus compticarinatus n. sp. Linsley 1968 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura sibleyensis Linsley 1968 snail
Palaeozygopleura joani Linsley 1968 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Euryzone petilitornata" = Bicarina petilitornata, Euryzone latitornata n. sp., Euryzone pharkidopyndax n. sp.
"Euryzone petilitornata" = Bicarina petilitornata Linsley 1968 snail
Euryzone latitornata n. sp. Linsley 1968 snail
Euryzone pharkidopyndax n. sp. Linsley 1968 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Crenulazona angulata Linsley 1968 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Nodonema granulatum Linsley 1968 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Murchisonia (Hormotomina) penduliobesa" = Hormotomina penduliobesa
"Murchisonia (Hormotomina) penduliobesa" = Hormotomina penduliobesa Linsley 1968 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Mesocoelia obstipisutura, "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) gracilicrista" = Murchisonia gracilicrista, "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) deludisubzona n. sp." = Murchisonia deludisubzona, "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) sibleyensis" = Murchisonia sibleyensis, "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) akidota" = Murchisonia akidota, "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) anderdoniae" = Murchisonia anderdoniae
Mesocoelia obstipisutura Linsley 1968 snail
"Murchisonia (Murchisonia) gracilicrista" = Murchisonia gracilicrista Linsley 1968 snail
"Murchisonia (Murchisonia) deludisubzona n. sp." = Murchisonia deludisubzona Linsley 1968 snail
"Murchisonia (Murchisonia) sibleyensis" = Murchisonia sibleyensis Linsley 1968 snail
"Murchisonia (Murchisonia) akidota" = Murchisonia akidota Linsley 1968 snail
"Murchisonia (Murchisonia) anderdoniae" = Murchisonia anderdoniae Linsley 1968 snail