Where: Illinois, Iowa (42.0° N, 90.5° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° S, 63.6° W)
When: Grand Detour Formation, Blackriveran (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
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 23791: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 20.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Schizambon sp. Walcott 1884 | |
Trematis huronensis Billings 1865 | |
Pseudolingula eva Billings 1861
? Pseudolingula iowensis Owen 1844 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Skenidioides anthonense Sardeson 1894 | |
Glyptorthis bellarugosa Conrad 1843 | |
Hesperorthis tricenaria Conrad 1843 | |
Campylorthis deflecta Conrad 1843 | |
"Protozyga nicolleti" = Manespira nicolleti
"Protozyga nicolleti" = Manespira nicolleti Winchell and Schuchert 1892 | |
Rostricellula minnesotensis Sardeson 1892 | |
Strophomenata | |
Strophomena cf. plattinensis Fenton 1928 | |
Trigrammaria winchelli Hall and Clarke 1892
Oepikina minnesotensis Winchell 1881 | |
Craniata | |
Petrocrania trentonensis, Acanthocrania granulosa, "Acanthocrania setigeria" = Acanthocrania setigera
| |
Trilobita | |
Sceptaspis lincolnensis Branson 1909 trilobite | |
Ceraurinella templetoni trilobite
Ceraurinella scofieldi Clarke 1897 trilobite
Gabriceraurus mifflinensis trilobite | |
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite | |
Isotelus simplex, "Basiliella barrandi" = Basilicus (Basiliella)
Isotelus simplex Raymond and Narraway 1910 trilobite
"Basiliella barrandi" = Basilicus (Basiliella) trilobite | |
"Raymondites longispinus" = Bathyurus (Raymondites) longispinus
"Raymondites longispinus" = Bathyurus (Raymondites) longispinus Walcott 1876 trilobite | |
Bumastoides milleri Billings 1859 trilobite
Thaleops ovata Conrad 1843 trilobite
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite |