McCray Quarry (= Kentland Quarry), Division 4, 3 miles east of Kentland (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Newton County, Indiana (40.8° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 62.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Phragmodus undatus conodont zone, Mifflin Member (McGregor Formation), Turinian (457.3 - 453.8 Ma)

• Whiterockian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• carbonate platform
• nodular

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. R. Shrock and G.O. Raasch. 1937. Paleontology of the disturbed Ordovician rocks near Kentland, Indiana. The American Midland Naturalist 18(4):532-607 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104277: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Raphistomina cf. modesta, Holopea ampla
Raphistomina cf. modesta Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Holopea ampla Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Ophiletina sublaxa
Ophiletina sublaxa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
"Eccyliopterus beloitensis" = Lesueurilla beloitensis
"Eccyliopterus beloitensis" = Lesueurilla beloitensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Eccyliopterus sp . nov. aff. beloitensis
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
"Eccyliomphalus undulatus" = Lytospira undulatus
"Eccyliomphalus undulatus" = Lytospira undulatus Hall 1861 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Tetranota wisconsinensis
Tetranota wisconsinensis Whitfield 1878 snail
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca expansa, Pterotheca intermedia n. sp.
Pterotheca expansa Emmons 1842 snail
Pterotheca intermedia n. sp. Shrock and Raasch 1937 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Salpingostoma buelli, "Phragmolites grandis" = Phragmolites triangularis
Salpingostoma buelli Whitfield 1878 snail
"Phragmolites grandis" = Phragmolites triangularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira sexlineata" = Eunema helicteres, Lophospira serrulata, "Lophospira conradana" = Lophospira ventricosa, "Lophospira kentlandensis" = Lophospira milleri, Lophospira perangulata
"Lophospira sexlineata" = Eunema helicteres Salter 1859 snail
Lophospira serrulata Salter 1859 snail
"Lophospira conradana" = Lophospira ventricosa Hall 1847 snail
"Lophospira kentlandensis" = Lophospira milleri Miller 1877 snail
Lophospira oweni kentlandensis
Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
"Trochonema cf. umbilicatum" = Trochonema umbilicata
"Trochonema cf. umbilicatum" = Trochonema umbilicata Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma gracilis
Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847 snail
Hormotoma gracilis angustata
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira vitruvia, Liospira obtusa, Clathrospira subconica, Eotomaria trochoides n. sp.
Liospira vitruvia Billings 1865 snail
Liospira obtusa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Clathrospira subconica Hall 1847 snail
Eotomaria trochoides n. sp. Shrock and Raasch 1937 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Omospira cf. alexandra
Omospira cf. alexandra Billings 1865 snail