Where: Wisconsin (42.7° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 23.9° S, 51.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Racine Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• mid-Sheinwoodian to Homerian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J., J.r. Pojeta and B. S. Norford. 1987. A Bohemian-type Silurian (Wenlock) pelecypod faunule from arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology 61(3):508-520 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233191: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.01.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Newsomella revoluta" = Cypricardinia revoluta
"Newsomella revoluta" = Cypricardinia revoluta Winchell and Marcy 1865 clam |