Richmond, Whitewater Fm. (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, Indiana (39.8° N, 84.9° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 58.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Whitewater Formation, Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

• "Richmondian"

Environment/lithology: marine; reef rocks

• "9 cm thick trepostomic bafflestone, locally oncolitic. BA2"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Frey. 1987. The paleoecology of a Late Ordovician shale unit from southwest Ohio and southeastern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 61:242-267 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 373: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Pete Wagner and Susan Scholze

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Taxonomic list

• "Frey, 1987b"
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 Rhombifera - Callocystitidae
Lepadocystis sp.
Lepadocystis sp. Carpenter 1891
- specimens
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp., Holtedahlina sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Holtedahlina sp. Foerste 1924
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp.
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp.
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Homotrypa sp., Mesotrypa sp.
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Mesotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Rhombotrypa sp.
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Coeloclema sp.
Coeloclema sp. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomella sp.
Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Heterotrypa sp.
Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
"Archinacella richmondensis n. sp." = Archinacella indianensis4
"Archinacella richmondensis n. sp." = Archinacella indianensis4 Miller 1892
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
"Cyrtoceras amoenum n. sp." = Beloitoceras amoenum3, "Beloitoceras amoenum" = Beloitoceras amoenum2
"Cyrtoceras amoenum n. sp." = Beloitoceras amoenum3 Miller 1879
UC 106 (holotype); Earlham College 7744, 14953 (hypotypes)
"Beloitoceras amoenum" = Beloitoceras amoenum2 Miller 1879
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Conradella dyeri" = Phragmolites dyeri4, Bucania simulatrix n. sp.4, Salpingostoma richmondense1
"Conradella dyeri" = Phragmolites dyeri4 Hall 1872 snail
Bucania simulatrix n. sp.4 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Salpingostoma richmondense1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon subangularis n. sp." = Sphenosphaera subangularis4, "Bellerophon mohri" = Sphenosphaera mohri4
"Bellerophon subangularis n. sp." = Sphenosphaera subangularis4 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Bellerophon mohri" = Sphenosphaera mohri4 Miller 1874 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema bilix2
Cyclonema bilix2 Conrad 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
"Raphistomina richmondensis n. sp." = Scalites richmondensis4
"Raphistomina richmondensis n. sp." = Scalites richmondensis4 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Schizolopha moorei n. sp." = Paupospira moorei4, "Schizolopha tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora2, "Lophospira ampla" = Paupospira tropidophora4, "Lophospira acuminata" = Lophospira perangulata4
"Schizolopha moorei n. sp." = Paupospira moorei4 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Schizolopha tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora2 Meek 1873 snail
"Lophospira ampla" = Paupospira tropidophora4 Meek 1873 snail
"Lophospira acuminata" = Lophospira perangulata4 Hall 1847 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma curvatum2
 Modiomorphida - Allodesmatidae
Ischyrodonta truncata2
 Colpomyida - Colpomyidae
Pseudocolpomya elongata2
Pseudocolpomya elongata2 Ulrich 1890 clam
2 species
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Caritodens demissa" = Pterinea demissa2
"Caritodens demissa" = Pterinea demissa2 Conrad 1842 oyster
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Opisthoptera casei2, Byssonychia richmondensis1, Ambonychia obesa2
Opisthoptera casei2 Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
originally entered as "Opisthptera sp."
Byssonychia richmondensis1 Ulrich 1893 clam
Ambonychia obesa2 Ulrich 1895 clam
2 species
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodontula sterlingensis2, Ortonella hainesi1, Ortonella hainesi2
Ortonella hainesi1 Miller 1874 clam
Ortonella hainesi2 Miller 1874 clam
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurus sp.
Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
1Foerste 1924; 2Frey 1987; 3Frey 1995; 4Ulrich and Scofield 1897