Christ Hospital, (CHS7), Miamitown Shale, Cincinnati, Ohio: Caradoc, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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1 %-area | |||||||||
2 columnals, approximately 1% coverage (by area) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira bowdeni
(Safford 1869)
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Novack-Gottshall and Miller 2003 | 10 individuals | ||||||||
recombined as Paupospira bowdeni | ||||||||||
10 internal molds; count only includes specimens with more than two whorls | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira modesta
(Hall 1847)
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33 individuals | |||||||||
33 articulated and complete specimens | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia sp.
King 1850
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3 individuals | |||||||||
3 brachial valves | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Hebertella occidentalis
(Hall 1847)
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1 individual | |||||||||
1 brachial valve | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina alternata
(Conrad 1838)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
4 pedicle, 3 brachial valves | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Halloporidae informal indet. A
Bassler 1911
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1 %-area | |||||||||
Monticulated, large, thick halloporid trepostome, fragmented | ||||||||||
Halloporidae informal indet. B
Bassler 1911
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5 %-area | |||||||||
Smooth, thin, branching halloporid trepostome, fragmented | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
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Cryptostomata indet.
Vine 1884
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1 %-area | |||||||||
Thin, sheet-branching cryptostomate bryozoan, fragmented | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Flexicalymene meeki
(Foerste 1910)
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1 individual | |||||||||
1 cephalon, 1 pygidium, 1 body fragment (articulated sclerites but missing cephalon and pygidium); probably associated remains | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio |
Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 84.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° South, 62.3° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
Key time interval: | Caradoc | ||
Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Miamitown | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Maysvillian age. Sample #7 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified packstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: Gastropod-rich packstone/wackestone | |||
Environment: | deep subtidal shelf | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Geology comments: Sequence C2 (from Holland and Patzkowsky, 1996) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,recrystallized,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Size sorting: | very poor |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Encrustation: | none |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
Collection size: | 59 specimens |
Rock censused: | 361 cm2 (area) |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Bulk collection made in field and weighed, cleaned, prepped, and identified in lab at University of Cincinnati. Sample dimensions are 361.3 square-cm. At least 59 specimens counted; 52 individuals estimated (using half of total disarticulated specimens with two parts plus number of articulated/intact specimens). Fragmented trepostome bryozoans, crinoid columnals, and fragmented trilobites were counted as estimated percent cover using standard percent cover reference chart. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Representative samples (standards) of species used for taxonomic identification reference are stored at the University of Cincinnati. Many unidentifiable bivalves are not included in taxonomic list. |
Metadata
Database number: | 64422 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
Modifier: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-08 11:55:56 | Last modified: | 2024-03-31 19:20:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-08 11:55:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18187. | P. M. Novack-Gottshall. 1999. Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati). 1-191 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |
Secondary references:
18186 | P. M. Novack-Gottshall and A.I. Miller. 2003. Taxonomic richness and abundance of Late Ordovician gastropods and bivalves in mollusc-rich strata of the Cincinnati Arch. Palaios 18:559-571 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |