Mt. Auburn community, Mt. Auburn Fm., Cincinnati Arch, Cincinnati region (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Ohio (39.0° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 60.0° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Mount Auburn Formation, Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)

• "upper Maysvillian"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated, phosphatic, shelly/skeletal packstone and mudstone

• "inner BA2 (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.
• nodular to thin and wavy bedded packstones and grainstones interbedded with very thin bedded mudstones. packstones and grainstones are skeletal and phosphatic.

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 391: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Dalve 1948"
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unclassified
  -
Faberia sp.
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish
Demospongiae
 Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia sp.
Hindia sp. Duncan 1879 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Dermatostroma sp.
Dermatostroma sp. Parks 1910 stromatoporoid sponge
2 species
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
Crinoidea
 Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp.
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866 Sea lily
Asteroidea
 Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae
Promopalaeaster sp.
Promopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star
 Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Mesopalaeaster sp.
Mesopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star
Ophiuroidea
 Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
"Alepidaster sp." = Taeniaster
"Alepidaster sp." = Taeniaster Billings 1858 brittle star
Cyclocystoidea
  - Cyclocystoididae
Cyclocystoides sp.
Cyclocystoides sp. Salter and Billings 1858
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Coeloclema sp., Ceramoporella sp.
Coeloclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp.
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp.
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
2 species
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Proboscina sp.
Proboscina sp. Audouin 1826
2 species
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp.
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
"Petigopora sp." = Dekayia, Heterotrypa sp.
"Petigopora sp." = Dekayia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
3 species
 Trepostomida -
Nicholsonella sp.
Nicholsonella sp. Ulrich 1890
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp., Homotrypa sp., Atactoporella sp.
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
2 species
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Atactoporella sp. Ulrich 1883
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma sp.
Arthropoma sp. Levinsen 1909
originally entered as "Arthropora sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
2 species
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp.
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis sp.
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp.
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
2 species
Polychaeta
 Eunicemorpha -
Nereidavus sp.
 Serpulimorpha -
Serpulites sp.
 Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus sp.
Lepidocoleus sp. Faber 1886 scale worm
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
2 species - originally entered as "Spirobis sp."
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites sp.
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp.
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Caritodens sp." = Pterinea
"Caritodens sp." = Pterinea Goldfuss 1832 oyster
2 species
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma sp., ? Modiolopsis sp.
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
? Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
originally entered as "? Modiolopsis sp."
 Pholadomyida -
Sphenolium sp.
Sphenolium sp. Miller 1889 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
2 species
Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Trocholites sp.
Trocholites sp. Conrad 1838
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Treptoceras sp.
Treptoceras sp. Flower 1942
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras sp.
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847
Gastropoda
  -
Microceras sp.
Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet.
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
2 species
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp.
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp.
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Schizolopha sp.
Schizolopha sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
3 species
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala sp.
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838 trilobite
2 species
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus sp.
Cryptolithus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Achatella sp.
Achatella sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite