Racine Fm, Milwaukee, Currie Park Quarry, 34601 - 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 13040: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 17.01.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Heteractinida | |
Astraeospongium sp. Roemer 1860 | |
Anthozoa | |
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Rugosa sp. 1 horn coral
Rugosa sp. 2 horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
Eophacops handwerki trilobite | |
Deiphon americanus, "Cheirurus hydei" = Cerauromeros hydei
Deiphon americanus trilobite
"Cheirurus hydei" = Cerauromeros hydei Weller 1907 trilobite | |
Mackenziurus lauriae Gass et al. 1992 trilobite
Encrinurus egani trilobite | |
"Sthenarocalymene celebra" = Calymene celebra
"Sthenarocalymene celebra" = Calymene celebra Raymond 1916 trilobite | |
Craniata | |
Strophomenata | |
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929 | |
Chileata | |
Dictyonella reticulata Hall 1868 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859 | |
Dicoelosia biloba Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Schizoramma sp." = Schizonema
"Schizoramma sp." = Schizonema | |
Plectatrypa imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Pentlandia glypta lungfish | |
Crinoidea | |
Parapisocrinus sp. Mu 1954 Sea lily |