Where: Indiana (39.1° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° S, 52.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kockelella ranuliformis conodont zone, Osgood Shale Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• "?Late Llandoverian (?C6) to middle Wenlockian. Upper Osgood Shale." PJW: Upper part of Osgood is Kockelella ranuliformis zone.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shelly/skeletal, calcareous mudstone and shelly/skeletal grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Abundances given in table 45.43, combining a number of localities.
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 26805: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.11.2002, edited by Björn Kröger
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
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Callocystites sp. n. sp.
Callocystites sp. n. sp. Hall 1852 | |
Gomphocystites indianensis Miller 1889 | |
Triamara ventricosa Miller 1879 | |
Holocystites (Holocystites) clavus, Holocystites (Holocystites) ovatus, Holocystites (Holocystites) alternatus, Holocystites (Holocystites) scutellatus, "Holocystites (Holocystites) abnormis" = Holocystites (Megacystites) abnormis, Paulicystis sparsus, Paulicystis densus, Trematocystis magniporatus, Pentacystis gibsoni
Holocystites (Holocystites) alternatus Hall 1861
Holocystites (Holocystites) scutellatus Hall 1864
"Holocystites (Holocystites) abnormis" = Holocystites (Megacystites) abnormis Hall 1864
Paulicystis sparsus Frest et al. 2011
Paulicystis densus Frest et al. 2011
Trematocystis magniporatus Frest et al. 2011
Pentacystis gibsoni Frest et al. 2011 | |
Crinoidea | |
Lyriocrinus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily | |
Periechocrinus sp. Morris 1843 Sea lily | |
Melocrinites sp. Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily | |
Hirneacrinus sp. n. sp.
Hirneacrinus sp. n. sp. Frest and Strimple 1977 Sea lily | |
Macrostylocrinus sp. Sea lily | |
Eucalyptocrinites sp. Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily | |
Botryocrinus sp. n. sp.
Botryocrinus sp. n. sp. Angelin 1878 Sea lily | |
Thalamocrinus sp. Miller and Gurley 1895 Sea lily | |
Cyathocrinites sp. n. sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. n. sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Lecanocrinus (Lecanocrinus) sp. Sea lily | |
Eohalysiocrinus sp. n. sp. Prokop 1970 Sea lily | |
Myelodactylus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily | |
Paracolocrinus paradoxicus Sea lily | |
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Pisocrinus (Pisocrinus) gemmiformis Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
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Cupulocorona hammeli, Cupulocorona osgoodensis, Cupulocorona gemmiformis, Stephanocrinus cornetti, Stephanocrinus obpyramidalis, "Stephanocrinus" elongatus, "Stephanocrinus" quinquepartitus
Cupulocorona hammeli blastoid
Cupulocorona osgoodensis blastoid
Cupulocorona gemmiformis Hall 1872 blastoid
Stephanocrinus cornetti blastoid
Stephanocrinus obpyramidalis blastoid
"Stephanocrinus" elongatus blastoid
"Stephanocrinus" quinquepartitus blastoid | |
Lysocystites sp. n. sp.
Lysocystites sp. n. sp. blastoid | |
Decaschisma sp. Fay 1961 blastoid | |
Rhombifera | |
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Cyclocystoidea | |
Sievertsia sp. Smith and Paul 1982 | |
Rostroconchia | |
Mulceodens cf. jaanussoni Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dawsonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Platyostoma "sp. 1" Conrad 1842 snail
Platyostoma "sp. 2" Conrad 1842 snail
Platyostoma "sp. 3" Conrad 1842 snail
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail | |
"Bellerophontacea indet." = Bellerophontoidea
"Bellerophontacea indet." = Bellerophontoidea M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Craniata | |
Chileata | |
Dictyonella cf. reticulata Hall 1868 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Anastrophia (Savageina) sp. Hall 1867 | |
? Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879 | |
Rhynchotreta cf. americana Hall 1879 | |
Ferganella sp. Nikiforova 1937 | |
Howellella "crispa" Hisinger 1827 | |
Hedeina sp. Boucot 1957
Striispirifer sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 | |
Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930 | |
Atrypina cf. disparilis Hall 1852 | |
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859 | |
Merista sp. Suess 1851 | |
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932 | |
Ptychopleurella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
"? Schizoramma sp." = Schizonema
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
"Platystrophia cf. biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus
"Platystrophia cf. biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus Schlotheim 1820 | |
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850 | |
Dalejina "hybrida" Sowerby 1839 | |
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928 | |
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
Strophomenata | |
Mesoleptostrophia sp. Harper and Boucot 1978 | |
Leptaena "rhomboidalis" Wahlenberg 1818 | |
? Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962 | |
Leangella sp. Opik 1933 | |
? Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) sp. Kozlowski 1929 | |
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia subplana" = Fardenia (Coolinia) | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Corynotrypa dissimilis Vine 1881 | |
Phaenopora ensiformis Hall 1852 | |
Trilobita | |
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Arctinurus sp. Castelnau 1843 trilobite | |
Calymenidae sp. Milne-Edwards 1840 trilobite | |
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Rugosa "indet. 1" horn coral
Rugosa "indet. 2" horn coral | |
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral | |
Favosites "sp. 1" Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites "sp. 2" Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites "sp. 3" Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
Heteractinida | |
Astraeospongium sp. Roemer 1860 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Vaurealispongia sp. Rigby 1974 glass sponge |