Where: Ohio (39.0° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 58.0° W)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Elkhorn Formation, Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)
• "Richmondian"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 395: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea | |
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Lepadocystis sp. Carpenter 1891 | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
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Streptaster sp. Hall 1872 | |
Asteroidea | |
Hudsonaster sp. Stürtz 1899 sea star | |
Urasterella sp. McCoy 1851 sea star | |
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Mesopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star | |
Trilobita | |
Ceraurinus sp. Barton 1913 trilobite | |
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite | |
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Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Constellaria sp. Dana 1846 | |
Lingulata | |
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Craniata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Platystrophia sp. King 1850 | |
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Hiscobeccus sp. Amsden 1983 | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Bivalvia | |
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"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
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Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam | |
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Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster | |
Opisthoptera sp. Meek 1871 clam
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam | |
Ortonella sp. clam
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail | |
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Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail | |
Bucania sp. Hall 1847 snail | |
? Sphenosphaera sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Schuchertoceras sp. Miller 1932 | |
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Diestoceras sp. Foerste 1924 | |
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
Rostroconchia | |
Conocardioidea indet. Miller 1889 | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
"Beatricea sp." = Aulacera
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Stromatocerium sp. Hall 1847 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Hindia sp. Duncan 1879 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Columnaria sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral | |
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral | |
Favistella sp. Dana 1846 horn coral | |
Calapoecia sp. Billings 1865 tabulate coral | |
Protaraea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral | |
Tetradium | |
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Pasceolus sp. Billings 1857 |