Copenhagen Fm.,argillite mbr. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (40.0° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 76.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Argillite Member (Copenhagen Formation), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• "M. Ord., Caradoc (lower Trentonian?)"

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "calcarenites and finer ls's, calcareous sltst and ss, intercalated w/ argillite. BA4"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. W. Webb. 1958. Middle Ordovician stratigraphy in eastern Nevada and western Utah. AAPG Bulletin 42(10):2335-2377 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 320: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Webb, 1958"
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unclassified
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Liocheina sp.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Pachydictya sp.
Pachydictya sp. Ulrich 1882
originally entered as "Pachydicta sp."
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomellina sp.
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Dianulites sp., Diplotrypa sp.
Dianulites sp. Eichwald 1829
Diplotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
"Monticuliporella sp." = Monticulipora, Prasopora sp., Homotrypa sp.
"Monticuliporella sp." = Monticulipora d'Orbigny 1850
Prasopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella sp.
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Valcourea sp., Multicostella sp., Dinorthis sp.
Valcourea sp. Raymond 1911
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp.
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp.
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp., Eoplectodonta sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
originally entered as "Eoplectonta sp."
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp.
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Sowerbyites sp.
Sowerbyites sp. Teichert 1937
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Oepikina sp." = Oepikina, "Oepikinella sp." = Oepikina, "Microtrypa sp." = Trigrammaria
"Oepikina sp." = Oepikina Salmon 1942
"Oepikinella sp." = Oepikina Salmon 1942
"Microtrypa sp." = Trigrammaria Wilson 1945
originally entered as "Microtrya sp."
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
3 species
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia sp.
Oxoplecia sp. Wilson 1913
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospiridae indet.
Lophospiridae indet. Wenz 1938 snail
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus sp.
Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite