Sterling, Maquoketa Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Illinois (41.8° N, 89.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 59.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Maquoketa Formation, Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173283: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 15.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Whitella sterlingensis Meek and Worthen 1890 clam