McMicken community, McMicken Fm., Cincinnati Region: Edenian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Dermatostroma sp. Parks 1910
Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Teganiidae
Rhombodictyon sp.
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Treptoceras sp. Flower 1942
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Archinacella sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
originally entered as "Arachinacella sp."
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp. (Salter 1859)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886
2 species
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896
2 species
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Tetranota sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845
4 species
Gastropoda
Microceras sp. Hall 1845
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852
2 species
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Cleidophorus sp. Hall 1847
synonym of Nuculites
2 species
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
2 species
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholadopsis sp.
originally entered as "Pholidops sp."
    = Pholidops sp. Hall 1859
Hendy 2008
synonym of Craniops
Not Pholadopsis (Cenozoic Bivalvia), but Pholidops (Ordovician Brachiopoda)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma sp. Levinsen 1909
originally entered as "Arthropora sp."
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria sp. Dana 1846
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
5 species
Coeloclema sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyonidae
Dicranopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Arthrostylus sp. Ulrich 1888
Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatopora sp. Eichwald 1860
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Dekayia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Stigmatella sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906
Dekayella sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Atactopora sp.
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Bythopora sp. Miller and Dyer 1878
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp.
3 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Aspidopora sp. Ulrich 1882
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Proboscina sp. Audouin 1826
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus sp. Faber 1886
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Serpulites sp.
Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha
Nereidavus sp.
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus sp. Green 1832
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Odontopleura sp. Emmrich 1839
originally entered as "Odonotpleura sp."
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936
Crinoidea - Heterocrinidae
Heterocrinus sp. Hall 1872
2 species
Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Homocrinidae
Ectenocrinus sp. Miller 1889
2 species
Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866
Crinoidea
Lichenocrinus sp. Hall 1866
Edrioasteroidea - Hemicystitidae
Cincinnatidiscus sp. Bassler 1935
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Mastigograptidae
Mastigograptus sp. Ruedemann 1908
2 species
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 84.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° South, 62.0° West
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Epoch:Late/Upper Caradoc
*Local age/stage:Edenian
Key time interval:Edenian
Age range of interval:460.90000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kope Member:McMicken
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "Edenian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:hummocky CS,planar lamination,tool marks,shelly/skeletal lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: mostly thin-bedded mudstone, interbedded with lesser amounts of thin to medium bedded calcisiltite, skeletal packstone and skeletal grainstone. skeletal grainstones are commonly cross-bedded and megarippled. calcisiltites commonly have tool marks, planar lamination or hummocky cross-lamination, and trace fossils.
Environment:offshore ramp Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "inner BA4 (S.Holland, pers.comm.). Additional Geographic, Stratigraphic, and Geologic Information added by S.M. Holland, 23 September 1999, as well as the complete species-level lists of Dalve, 1948.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Dalve 1948"
Metadata
Database number:386
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, A. Hendy Enterer:M. Sommers, A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-02 03:42:41
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

316. E. Dalve. 1948. The fossil fauna of the Ordovician in the Cincinnati Region. University Museum, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Cincinnati 1-56 [S. Holland/S. Holland/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]