Where: Minnesota (46.0° N, 94.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 62.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Platteville Formation, Blackriveran to Blackriveran (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Diverse semi-infaunal to epifaunal pteriomorphs. Infaunal paleotaxodonts show little diversity. "Where possible, stratigraphic information is taken from museum labels; where this is not possible, it is taken from Bassler (1915)."
Primary reference: R. E. Sloan and G. F. Webers. 1987. Stratigraphic ranges of Middle and Late Ordovician Gastropoda and Monoplacophora of Minnesota. In R. E. Sloan (ed.), Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 183-186 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23557: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 16.07.2002, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tergomya | |
"Triblydium excertum" = Tryblidium exserta, "Platyceras depressum" = Helcionopsis depressum
"Platyceras depressum" = Helcionopsis depressum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 | |
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Scenella spp. n. sp., Scenella compressa
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Gastropoda | |
Pterotheca attenuata Hall 1861 snail | |
Sinuites rectangularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Tropidodiscus subacutus" = Alaskadiscus subacutus
"Tropidodiscus subacutus" = Alaskadiscus subacutus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Salpingostoma buelli, "Bucania minnesotensis" = Loxobucania minnesotensis, "Bucania emmonsi" = Loxobucania emmonsi, "Phragmolites fimbriatus" = Phragmolites fimbriata, Phragmolites triangularis, Bucania halli, Bucania sublata
Salpingostoma buelli Whitfield 1878 snail
"Bucania minnesotensis" = Loxobucania minnesotensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Bucania emmonsi" = Loxobucania emmonsi Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Phragmolites fimbriatus" = Phragmolites fimbriata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Phragmolites triangularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Bucania halli Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Bucania sublata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Tetranota macra Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Tetranota obsoleta Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Tetranota wisconsinensis Whitfield 1878 snail
Tetranota sexcarinata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847 snail
Hormotoma subangulata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Trochonema unbilicatum" = Trochonema umbilicata, Trochonema beloitense, Trochonema beachi, Trochonema retrorsum, "Trochonema rugosum" = Trochonema rugosa
"Trochonema unbilicatum" = Trochonema umbilicata Hall 1847 snail
Trochonema beloitense Whitfield 1878 snail
Trochonema beachi Whitfield 1878 snail
Trochonema retrorsum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Trochonema rugosum" = Trochonema rugosa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Eotomaria prisca" = Ectomaria prisca, "Gyronema pulchellum" = Gyronema pulchellum, "Trochonema lirata" = Gyronema pulchellum, Gyronema semicarinatum, "Lophospira helicteres" = Eunema helicteres, Eunema centralis, Lophospira serrulata, "Lophospira conradana" = Lophospira ventricosa, Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira decursa
"Eotomaria prisca" = Ectomaria prisca Billings 1859 snail
"Gyronema pulchellum" = Gyronema pulchellum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Trochonema lirata" = Gyronema pulchellum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Gyronema semicarinatum Salter 1859 snail
"Lophospira helicteres" = Eunema helicteres Salter 1859 snail
Eunema centralis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Lophospira serrulata Salter 1859 snail
"Lophospira conradana" = Lophospira ventricosa Hall 1847 snail
Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
Lophospira decursa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Clathrospira convexa" = Cataschisma convexum
"Clathrospira convexa" = Cataschisma convexum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Liospira angustata, Liospira americana, Liospira vitruvia, Liospira obtusa, Eotomaria vicina, Eotomaria dryope, "Clathrospira conica" = Clathrospira conica, "Eunema clivosa" = Clathrospira conica, Clathrospira subconica, "Eotomaria supracingulata" = Paraliospira supracingulata, "Liospira abrupta" = Paraliospira abrupta
Liospira angustata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Liospira americana Billings 1860 snail
Liospira vitruvia Billings 1865 snail
Liospira obtusa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Eotomaria vicina Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Eotomaria dryope Billings 1865 snail
"Clathrospira conica" = Clathrospira conica Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Eunema clivosa" = Clathrospira conica Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Clathrospira subconica Hall 1847 snail
"Eotomaria supracingulata" = Paraliospira supracingulata Billings 1857 snail
"Liospira abrupta" = Paraliospira abrupta Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Fusispira vittata Hall 1847 snail
Fusispira spicula Sardeson 1892 snail
Subulites sp. Emmons 1842 snail | |
Maclurites depressus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Maclurites nitidus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Maclurites bigsbyi" = Maclurina bigsbyi Hall 1861 snail | |
"Strophostylus textilis" = Cyclonema textilis, Cyclonema varicosum, "Trochonema percarinatum" = Cyclonema percarinata
"Strophostylus textilis" = Cyclonema textilis Miller 1897 snail
Cyclonema varicosum Hall 1861 snail
"Trochonema percarinatum" = Cyclonema percarinata Hall 1847 snail | |
Raphistoma sp., "Raphistoma peracutum" = Scalites peracutum
Raphistoma sp. Hall 1847 snail
"Raphistoma peracutum" = Scalites peracutum Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Ecculiomphalus undulatus" = Lytospira undulatus
"Ecculiomphalus undulatus" = Lytospira undulatus Hall 1861 snail | |
"Ecculiomphalus beloitensis" = Lesueurilla beloitensis
"Ecculiomphalus beloitensis" = Lesueurilla beloitensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Ophiletina sublaxa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Helicotoma planulata Salter 1859 snail | |
Holopea concinnula Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Holopea ampla Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Holopea insignis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Holopea rotunda Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam | |
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam | |
Eurymya plana clam | |
Ambonychiopsis sp. Isberg 1934 clam
Cleionychia sp. Ulrich 1892 clam | |
Vanuxemia sp. Billings 1858 clam
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam
Cyrtodontula sp. Tomlin 1931 clam | |
Whiteavesia sp., "Endodesma sp." = Cymatonota
Whiteavesia sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
"Endodesma sp." = Cymatonota Ulrich 1893 clam | |
Sphenolium sp. Miller 1889 clam |