Arnheim: Maysvillian, Tennessee

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Protarea richmondensis
Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia sphaeroidalis Duncan 1879
Demospongiae - Sigmatosclerophorida - Dystactospongiidae
Dystactospongia sp. Miller 1882
Heterospongia subramosa
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma rusticum (Billings 1858)
recombined as Grewingkia rustica
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Columnariidae
Columnaria alveolata Goldfuss 1826
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema fluctuatum James 1871
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira bowdeni (Safford 1869)
recombined as Paupospira bowdeni
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Rhombotrypa quadrata (Rominger 1866)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sinuata (Hall 1847)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia cypha (James 1874)
original and current combination Orthis cypha
P.cypha, P.c.conradi, P.c.arcta, P.c.tumida
Platystrophia ponderosa Foerste 1909
Platystrophia ponderosa auburnensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis carleyi (Hall 1860)
Dinorthis subquadrata (Hall 1847)
recombined as Plaesiomys subquadratus
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Hebertella insculpta (Hall 1847)
recombined as Glyptorthis insculpta
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella jugosa
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema dentatum (Hall 1847)
Rhynchotrema dentatum arnheimensis
Rhynchotrema capax (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Hiscobeccus capax
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena planumbona (Hall 1847)
Strophomena concordensis Foerste 1909
Strophomena subtenta (James 1874)
original and current combination Strophomena vetusta
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena richmondensis Foerste 1909
Leptaena richmondensis precursor
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonites clarksvillensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Tennessee
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 86.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.9° South, 64.2° West
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Epoch:Middle Ashgill
*Local age/stage:Early/Lower Richmondian
Key time interval:Maysvillian
Age range of interval:450.40000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arnheim
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Maysvillian; Collection may include some of overlying Sequatchie Tongue
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: primarily thin to very thin bedded skeletal packstones, interbedded with very thin gray mudstones
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Geological information from field notes of S.M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Wilson reports faunal list of Bassler (1932), which may include some fauna from the overlying Sequatchie
Metadata
Database number:5390
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:S. Holland
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-29 11:35:20 Last modified:2017-03-20 17:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-29 11:35:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

317. C. W. Wilson. 1949. Pre-Chattanooga stratigraphy in Central Tennessee. Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 56:1-415 [S. Holland/S. Holland]