Where: Wisconsin (42.7° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 23.9° S, 51.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Racine Formation, Sheinwoodian to Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• mid-Sheinwoodian to Homerian
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. A. C. Gushulak. 2016. First Major Appearance of Brachiopod-Dominated Benthic Shelly Communities in the Reef Ecosystem during the Early Silurian. Western University [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184874: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850 | |
Antirhynchonella sp. Oehlert 1887 | |
"Apopentamerus sp." = Harpidium (Isovella), Kirkidium sp.
"Apopentamerus sp." = Harpidium (Isovella) Breyvel and Breyvel 1970
Kirkidium sp. Amsden et al. 1967 |