Strophomena - Lepidocyclus community, Dillsboro Fm.: Richmondian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma rusticum (Billings 1858)
Fox 1968 dominant category
recombined as Grewingkia rustica
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Protaraea richmondensis Foerste 1909
Fox 1968
originally entered as "Protarea richmondensis"
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodontula sp. Tomlin 1931
Fox 1968
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847
Fox 1968
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847
Fox 1968
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Thaerodonta clarksvillensis (Foerste 1912)
Fox 1968 dominant category
recombined as Eochonetes clarksvillensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena richmondensis Foerste 1909
Fox 1968
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Fox 1968
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Fox 1968 dominant category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus capax (Conrad 1842)
Fox 1968 dominant category
recombined as Hiscobeccus capax
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys subquadrata (Hall 1847)
Fox 1968 dominant category
recombined as Plaesiomys subquadratus
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis insculpta (Hall 1847)
Fox 1968
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Fox 1968
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
Fox 1968
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Fox 1968
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Fox 1968 dominant category
small and large ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Fox 1968
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936
Fox 1968
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Fox 1968 dominant category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Hamilton
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 84.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.8° South, 58.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Local age/stage:Richmondian
Key time interval:Richmondian
Age range of interval:449.50000 - 443.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dillsboro
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Cincinnatian (lower Richmondian)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:sand shoal
Geology comments: "bioclastic ls and sh. offshore shoal?? BA3 definite"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"MacDaniel 1976"
Metadata
Database number:354
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-23 14:24:19 Last modified:2018-03-09 10:11:27
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-23 14:24:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61161. R. P. MacDaniel. 1976. Upper Ordovician Sedimentary and Benthic Community patterns of the Cincinnati Arch area. 1-181 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60930 W. T. Fox. 1968. Quantitative paleoecologic analysis of fossil communities in the Richmond Group. Journal of Geology 76:613-640 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]