Where: Indiana (39.5° N, 85.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 51.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waldron Shale Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• "Middle Wenlockian. In Tenn. the equiv. portion of the Waldron Member, Wayne Formation, is mostly in the Kockelella amsdeni Zone." Unit 4 (from bottom) of Frest (1977), which is one of five units within the basal 1 m of the Waldron.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone and calcareous shale
Collection methods: Table 45.39 lists abundances.
Primary reference: T. J. Frest, C. E. Brett, and B. J. Witzke. 1999. Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 638-783 [M. Foote/K. Koverman/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26794: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Favosites forbesi tabulate coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Astylospongia praemorsa Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Sedentaria | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Naticonema plebium" = Naticopsis plebeia
"Naticonema plebium" = Naticopsis plebeia Perner 1903 snail | |
Strophostylus cyclostomus, "Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis
Strophostylus cyclostomus Hall 1864 snail
"Naticonema niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis Hall 1852 snail | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pterinea brisa oyster | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Chileata | |
Dictyonella reticulata Hall 1868 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Howellella "crispa" Hisinger 1827 | |
Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758 | |
Atrypina disparilis Hall 1852 | |
Whitfieldella nitida Hall 1843 | |
Homoeospira evax Hall 1863 | |
Resserella "elegantula" Dalman 1828 | |
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850 | |
Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839 | |
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
Rhynchotreta americana Hall 1879 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia) | |
Strophonella (Strophonella) semifasciata Hall 1863 | |
Leptaena "rhomboidalis" Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Lophophorata | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite | |
Calymene niagarensis Hall 1843 trilobite | |
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite | |
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Cyclocystoidea | |
Sievertsia sp. Smith and Paul 1982 | |
Crinoidea | |
Eohalysiocrinus stigmatus Sea lily | |
Botryocrinus polyxo Sea lily | |
Lecanocrinus pusillus Sea lily | |
Dimerocrinites occidentalis Sea lily
Dimerocrinites carleyi Sea lily | |
Lyriocrinus melissa Sea lily | |
Eucalyptocrinites crassus Sea lily
Eucalyptocrinites tuberculatus Sea lily | |
Macrostylocrinus fasciatus Sea lily
Macrostylocrinus striatus Sea lily | |
Lobomelocrinus obconicus Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus
"Decaschisma pulchellum" = Decaschisma pulchellus Miller and Dyer 1878 blastoid |