Racine (Silurian of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
"Newsomella revoluta" = Cypricardinia revoluta
"Newsomella revoluta" = Cypricardinia revoluta Winchell and Marcy 1865 clam