Where: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin (43.0° N, 91.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 63.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Grand Detour Formation, Blackriveran (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
• Lithology and environment taken from Kolata, D. R. "Lithostratigraphy of the Plateville, Galena and Maquoketa Groups in Northern Illinois." Middle and Late Ordovician Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35, p. 21-24. R. E. Sloan, ed.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Catalani. 1987. Biostratigraphy of the Middle and Late Ordovician cephalopods of the Upper Mississippi Valley area. In R. E. Sloan (ed.), Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 187-189 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23756: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 19.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Faunal list compiled from: 1. Whitfield's (1882) report in volume 4 of Chamberlin's Geology of Wisconsin 2. Clarke's (1897) report in volume III part 2 of Winchell's Final Reports of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey 3. Bassler's Index 4. Individual articles (Foerste, Flower, etc.) 5. Treatise, Part K 6. Author's personal field data
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Cephalopoda |
Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae |
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Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae |
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Orthocerida - Tripteroceratidae |
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Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae |
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Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae |
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Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae |
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Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae |
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Multiceratoidea - Apsidoceratidae |
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Multiceratoidea - Clinoceratidae |
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Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae |
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Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae |
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Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae |
Richardsonoceras simplex, Richardsonoceras beloitense, Richardsonoceras romingeri, ? Richardsonoceras clarkei, ? Richardsonoceras scofieldi, Zittelloceras beloitense, Zittelloceras clarkeanum, Zittelloceras scofieldi, Zittelloceras percurvatum, ? Zittelloceras brevicurvatum, ? Zittelloceras tenuistriatum, Loganoceras sp., Beloitoceras lycum, Beloitoceras janesvillense, Beloitoceras carveri, Beloitoceras norwoodi, Beloitoceras houghtoni, Beloitoceras plebeium, Beloitoceras pandion, Beloitoceras cf. huronense, Scofieldoceras shumardi, Cyrtorizoceras minneapolis
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Discosorida - Cyrtogomphoceratidae |
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Discosorida - Westonoceratidae |
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Cyrtocerinida - Cyrtocerinidae |
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Ascocerida - Probillingsitidae |
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Ascocerida - Hebetoceratidae |
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Barrandeocerida - Plectoceratidae |
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Barrandeocerida - Barrandeoceratidae |
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Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae |
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Endocerida - Endoceratidae |
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