Michigan Basin conodonts, locality 2 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Wisconsin (43.2° N, 84.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 52.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hendricks Formation (Burnt Bluff Group), Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve

Primary reference: R. Watkins and J. J. Kuglitsch. 1997. Lower Silurian (Aeronian) megafaunal and conodont biofacies of the northwestern Michigan Basin. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 34(6):753-764 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180226: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Paulina Nätscher on 12.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
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 Prioniodontida -
Oulodus spp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus cf. kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Aspelundia fluegeli Walliser 1964 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Kockelella manitoulinensis Pollock et al. 1970 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus spp. Ethington 1959 conodont