Fulton community, Fulton Shale, Cincinnati Arch, Cincinnati "region" (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Ohio (39.0° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 62.0° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Fulton Member (Kope Formation), Edenian (451.0 - 450.2 Ma)

• "lowest Edenian"

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal mudstone and packstone

• "BA5. (deepest water seen on Cincinnati Arch; S. Holland, pers. comm.)"; Additional geologic information added by S.Holland, 22 Sep 1999.
• mostly mudstone, interbedded very thin to medium bedded skeletal grainstones and packstones, calcisiltites. some grainstones megarippled and cross-bedded. calcisiltites with planar lamination, small-scale hummocky cross-stratification, tool marks, and trace fossils.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with phosphate

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 383: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Dalve, E. 1948. The fossil fauna of the Ord. in the Cincinnati region. Univer[illeg] Museum, Dept. of Geology and Geog., Univ. Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH. 56pp."
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Asteroidea
 Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Mesopalaeaster sp.
Mesopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star
Crinoidea
 Homocrinida - Homocrinidae
Ectenocrinus sp.
Ectenocrinus sp. Miller 1889 Sea lily
2 species
 Disparida - Heterocrinidae
Heterocrinus sp.
Heterocrinus sp. Hall 1872 Sea lily
3 species
 Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp.
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866 Sea lily
 Inadunata - Merocrinidae
Merocrinus sp.
Merocrinus sp. Walcott 1884 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Dendrocrinus sp.
Dendrocrinus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily
  -
Lichenocrinus sp.
Lichenocrinus sp. Hall 1866 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Glyptocrinidae
Glyptocrinus sp.
Glyptocrinus sp. Hall 1847 Sea lily
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Mastigograptidae
Mastigograptus sp.
Mastigograptus sp. Ruedemann 1908 graptolite
2 species
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
"Leptograptus sp." = Dicellograptus
"Leptograptus sp." = Dicellograptus Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
2 species
 Graptoloidea - Lasiograptidae
Lasiograptus sp.
Lasiograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 lasiograptid
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Leptobolus sp.
Leptobolus sp. Hall 1871
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis sp., Schizocrania sp.
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
Schizocrania sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp.
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
2 species
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Pholidops sp." = Craniops
"Pholidops sp." = Craniops Hall 1859
originally entered as "Pholidops sp."
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
2 species
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp., Leptaena sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
2 species
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp.
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
3 species
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp.
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma sp.
Arthropoma sp. Levinsen 1909
originally entered as "Arthropora sp."
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Coeloclema sp., Crepipora sp., Spatiopora sp., Ceramoporella sp.
Coeloclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Crepipora sp. Ulrich 1882
Spatiopora sp. Ulrich 1882
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
3 species
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria sp.
Constellaria sp. Dana 1846
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp.
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp., Aspidopora sp., Homotrypa sp.
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
Aspidopora sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp.
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
2 species
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp.
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Arthrostylus sp.
Arthrostylus sp. Ulrich 1888
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Rhinidictya sp.
Rhinidictya sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Stictoporella sp.
Stictoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp.
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Dekayella sp., Stigmatella sp.
Dekayella sp. Ulrich 1882
Stigmatella sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906
2 species
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Bythopora sp.
Bythopora sp. Miller and Dyer 1878
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp.
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Serpulites sp.
 Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus sp.
Lepidocoleus sp. Faber 1886 scale worm
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Treptoceras sp.
Treptoceras sp. Flower 1942
4 species
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites sp.
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca sp.
Pterotheca sp. Salter 1853 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
2 species
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Tetranota sp.
Tetranota sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp.
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
2 species
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
2 species
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira sp.
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Fusispira sp.
Fusispira sp. Hall 1872 snail
  -
Microceras sp.
Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp.
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845 snail
4 species
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
2 species
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp.
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
2 species
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp., Orthodesma sp., "Psiloconcha sp." = Cymatonota
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
"Psiloconcha sp." = Cymatonota Ulrich 1893 clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Triarthrus sp.
Triarthrus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Achatella sp.
Achatella sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurus sp.
Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus sp.
Cryptolithus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Odontopleura sp., Ceratocephala sp.
Odontopleura sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838 trilobite
Palaeoscolecida
  -
Protoscolex sp.
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Dermatostroma sp.
Dermatostroma sp. Parks 1910 stromatoporoid sponge