Racine Fm, Milwaukee, Hartung Quarry, 34507 - 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 13024: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 16.01.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Cheirurus hydei" = Cerauromeros hydei
"Cheirurus hydei" = Cerauromeros hydei Weller 1907 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Sthenarocalymene celebra" = Calymene celebra
"Sthenarocalymene celebra" = Calymene celebra Raymond 1916 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Eophacops handwerki
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa sp. 1, Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa sp. 1 Ehrenberg 1831
ramose
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
discoidal
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
massive
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Cyrtia meta
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Antirhynchonella ventricosa
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp.
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
 Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
Reticulatrypa sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina magnaventra
 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
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella dissiticostella
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp.
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia niagarensis
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