Baker Pond (Silurian to of the United States)

Where: Somerset County, Maine (45.7° N, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° S, 36.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hardwood Mountain Formation, Wenlock to Wenlock (433.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the MCZ, USNM

Primary reference: H. B. Whittington and K. S. W. Campbell. 1967. Silicified Silurian trilobites from Maine. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135:447-482 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216752: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
"Xanionurus boucoti n. gen. n. sp." = Radiaspis, Leonaspis cf. williamsi
"Xanionurus boucoti n. gen. n. sp." = Radiaspis trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus pluteus n. sp.
Proetus pluteus n. sp. Whittington and Campbell 1967 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion institu n. sp., Otarion plautum n. sp., Otarion "sp. indet."
Otarion institu n. sp. trilobite
Otarion plautum n. sp. trilobite
Otarion "sp. indet." Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
"Rhinotarion sentosum n. gen. n. sp." = Harpidella
"Rhinotarion sentosum n. gen. n. sp." = Harpidella trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scutelluidae "gen. indet."
Scutelluidae "gen. indet." Richter and Richter 1955 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Fragiscutum rhytium n. gen. n. sp.
Fragiscutum rhytium n. gen. n. sp. trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites puticulifrons n. sp.
Dalmanites puticulifrons n. sp. trilobite