Prosser Limestone Echinoderms of the Upper Mississippi Valley (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Minnesota (44.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 62.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Prosser Limestone Formation, Shermanian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. R. Kolata, J. C. Brower, and T. J. Frest. 1987. Upper Mississippi Valley Champlainian and Cincinnatian echinoderms. Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 179-181 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23404: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 14.07.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
"Archaeocrinid" sp., "Cincinnaticrinid" sp.
"Archaeocrinid" sp.
Archaeocrinid
Edrioasteroidea
 Edrioasterida - Edrioasteridae
Edrioaster bigsbyi
Edrioaster bigsbyi Billings 1858
Cyclocystoidea
  - Cyclocystoididae
Cyclocystoides aff. halli
Asteroidea
 Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Schuchertia sp.
Schuchertia sp. Gregory 1899 sea star
 Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae
Hudsonaster sp.
Hudsonaster sp. Stürtz 1899 sea star
 Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae
Promopalaeaster sp.
Promopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star
 Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae
Pleurocystites strimplei
 Rhombifera - Glyptocystitidae
Glyptocystites sp.
Glyptocystites sp. Billings 1854
 Rhombifera - Glyptocystidae
Tanaocystis sp.
Tanaocystis sp. Sprinkle 1982
Crinoidea
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Cremacrinus aff. arctus, Cremacrinus crossmani, Cremacrinus gerki, Cremacrinus aff. punctatus, Cremacrinus guttenbergensis, Calceocrinus gossmani
Cremacrinus guttenbergensis Kolata 1975 Sea lily
 Homocrinida - Homocrinidae
Ectenocrinus simplex
Ectenocrinus simplex Hall 1847 Sea lily
 Inadunata - Merocrinidae
Merocrinus sp.
Merocrinus sp. Walcott 1884 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Dendrocrinidae indet., Dendrocrinus aff. acutidactylus
Dendrocrinidae indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886 Sea lily
new genus & species of dendrocrinid
Dendrocrinus aff. acutidactylus Billings 1859 Sea lily
 Flexibilia - Cupulocrinidae
Cupulocrinus aff. conjugans, Cupulocrinus aff. graciis, Quienquecaudex springeri
Quienquecaudex springeri Kolata 1975 Sea lily
 Hybocrinida - Hybocrinidae
Hybocrinus conicus
Hybocrinus conicus Billings 1857 Sea lily
 Porocrinida -
Porocrinus pentagonius, Porocrinus sp., Carabocrinus spp., Carabocrinus radiatus
Porocrinus sp. Billings 1857 Sea lily
Carabocrinus spp. Billings 1857 Sea lily
Carabocrinus radiatus Billings 1857 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae
Ptychocrinus sp.
Ptychocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Cleiocrinidae
Cleiocrinus sp.
Cleiocrinus sp. Billings 1857 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
aff. Trichinocrinus spp., Rhaphanocrinus aff. buckleyi
aff. Trichinocrinus spp. Moore and Laudon 1943 Sea lily
New genus aff. Trichinocrinus spp.
 Monobathrida - Glyptocrinidae
Abludoglyptocrinus charltoni, Abludoglyptocrinus aff. charltoni, Abludoglyptocrinus spp., Pycnocrinus sp., Glyptocrinus sp., Glyptocrinus aff. pustulosis, Glyptocrinus aff. ornatus
Abludoglyptocrinus spp. Kolata 1982 Sea lily
Pycnocrinus sp. Miller 1883 Sea lily
Glyptocrinus sp. Hall 1847 Sea lily
Glyptocrinus aff. ornatus Billings 1857 Sea lily
Soluta
 Syringocrinida - Iowacystidae
Myeinocystites crossmani, Scalenocystites strimplei
Paracrinoidea
 Comarocystitida - Amygdalocystitidae
Amygdalocystites sp.
Amygdalocystites sp. Billings 1854