Racine Fm, Milwaukee, Hartung Quarry, 34499 - Patzkowsky (Silurian to of the United States)

Where: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (43.1° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 49.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Racine Formation, Wenlock to Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

• "...represent an inter-reef facies."
• fine-grained, well-bedded dolostone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. Watkins. 1991. Guild structure and tiering in a high-diversity Silurian community, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Palaios 6:465-478 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13021: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 16.01.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Atrpina magnaventra, "Hapalocrinid" indet.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Cheirurus hydei" = Cerauromeros hydei, Deiphon americanus
"Cheirurus hydei" = Cerauromeros hydei Weller 1907 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Sthenarocalymene celebra" = Calymene celebra
"Sthenarocalymene celebra" = Calymene celebra Raymond 1916 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites platycaudatus
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa sp. 1, Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrate
Bryozoa sp. 1 Ehrenberg 1831
ramose
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
encrusting
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
massive
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Antirhynchonella ventricosa
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp.
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia biloba
Dicoelosia biloba Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis clivosa, Resserella canalis
Resserella canalis Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp.
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp.
Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia sp.
Sphaerirhynchia sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella dissiticostella
Crinoidea
 Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae
Parapisocrinus sp.
Parapisocrinus sp. Mu 1954 Sea lily
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae
Astraeospongium sp.
Astraeospongium sp. Roemer 1860
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa sp. 1, Rugosa sp. 2
Rugosa sp. 1 horn coral
Rugosa sp. 2 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp.
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral