Where: Ohio (39.0° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 58.0° W)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Waynesville Formation, Richmondian to Richmondian (449.6 - 443.7 Ma)
• "Richmondian"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal mudstone and packstone
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 392: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Pasceolus sp. Billings 1857 | |
Tetradium | |
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846 | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
Hemicystites sp. Hall 1852 | |
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Streptaster sp. Hall 1872 | |
Crinoidea | |
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866 Sea lily | |
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"Tanaocrinus typus" = Canistrocrinus typus
"Tanaocrinus typus" = Canistrocrinus typus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily | |
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Asteroidea | |
Petraster sp. Billings 1858 sea star | |
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"Promopalaeaster sp." = Promopalaeaster, "Anorthaster sp." = Promopalaeaster
"Anorthaster sp." = Promopalaeaster Schuchert 1914 sea star | |
Urasterella sp. McCoy 1851 sea star | |
Hudsonaster sp. Stürtz 1899 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
"Taeniaster sp." = Taeniaster, "Alepidaster sp." = Taeniaster
"Taeniaster sp." = Taeniaster Billings 1858 brittle star
"Alepidaster sp." = Taeniaster Billings 1858 brittle star | |
Trilobita | |
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite | |
Odontopleura sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite | |
Flexicalymene sp., "Synhomalonotus sp." = Neseuretus
"Synhomalonotus sp." = Neseuretus Hicks 1873 trilobite | |
Ceraurinus sp. Barton 1913 trilobite | |
Euchelicerata | |
Megalograptus sp. Miller 1874 eurypterid | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Phragmolites sp. Conrad 1838 snail
Bucania sp. Hall 1847 snail | |
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail | |
Holopea sp. Hall 1847 snail | |
Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
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"Eridonychia sp." = Ambonychia Hall 1847 clam | |
Cyrtodonta sp., "Whitella sp." = Cyrtodontula
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam | |
Sphenolium sp. Miller 1889 clam | |
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"Cymatonota sp." = Cymatonota, "Psiloconcha sp." = Cymatonota, Orthodesma sp., Modiolodon sp., Modiolopsis sp., Whiteavesia sp.
Modiolodon sp. Ulrich 1894 clam
Whiteavesia sp. Ulrich 1893 clam | |
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Cycloconcha sp. clam | |
Lyrodesma sp. Conrad 1841 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Oncoceras sp. Hall 1847 | |
Diestoceras sp. Foerste 1924 | |
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Clarkesvillia sp. Flower 1946 | |
Probillingsites sp. Foerste 1928 | |
Schuchertoceras sp. Miller 1932 | |
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847 | |
Gorbyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935 | |
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
Polychaeta | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Calloporella sp. Ulrich 1882
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911 | |
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893 | |
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Helopora sp. Hall 1851 | |
Rhinidictya sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Graptodictya sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
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Gymnolaemata | |
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Hyolitha | |
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Craniata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860 | |
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928 | |
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914 | |
Retrorsirostra sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1932 | |
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Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Catazyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Thaerodonta sp." = Eochonetes
"Thaerodonta sp." = Eochonetes Reed 1917 | |
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Tetraphalerella sp. Wang 1949 | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797 | |
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848 | |
Lophophorata | |
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820 | |
Demospongiae | |
Dystactospongia sp. Miller 1882 demosponge | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Labechia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Dermatostroma sp. Parks 1910 stromatoporoid sponge | |
"Beatricea sp." = Aulacera
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Stromatocerium sp. Hall 1847 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
Brachiospongia sp. Marsh 1867 glass sponge | |
Coleolus | |
Coleolus sp. Hall 1879 | |
Anthozoa | |
Favistella sp. Dana 1846 horn coral | |
Grewingkia sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral | |
Columnaria sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral | |
Lyopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 tabulate coral | |
Protaraea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral | |
Calapoecia sp. Billings 1865 tabulate coral | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia sp. Miller 1820 jellyfish |