Silica Formation at Martin-Marietta Quarry (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Michigan (42.1° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° S, 30.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Silica Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• Overall sequence: Bioclastic limestone; argillaceous limestone; shale.

Primary reference: R. V. Kesling and R. B. Chilman. 1975. Strata and megafossils of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 8:1-408 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 38475: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004, edited by Jennifer Bauer

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Life -
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis jacksoni tabulate coral
Aulocystis lucasensis tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Trachypora labyrinthica" = Thamnoptychia, "Trachypora minuitissima" = Thamnoptychia, "Trachypora silicensis" = Thamnoptychia
"Trachypora labyrinthica" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral
"Trachypora minuitissima" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral
"Trachypora silicensis" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
 Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Leperditellocopida - Scrobiculidae
Scrobicula xysta Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Sigynus dictyotus Kesling 1953 ostracod
Styliolina beds (MM-Chon)
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminellidae
Balantoides trilobata Turner 1939 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12
Cornigella immotipedata Kesling 1953 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Beyrichicopida - Richinidae
Richina truncata Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 7, 9-11
Richina trinodosa Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
Richina subcircularis Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Xystinotus subnodatus Turner 1939 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Xystinotus wrightorum Kesling 1953 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Tetrastorthynx diabolicus Kesling 1953 ostracod
Units 9-11
Stictobollia alethaae Coley 1954 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Ulrichia illinearis Kesling 1953 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 14-15
Ulrichia spinifera Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Ulrichia conradi Jones 1890 ostracod
Units 9-11
Ulrichia fragilis Warthin 1934 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Ulrichia fastidiosa Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Soft shales of the Styliolina beds, Units 9-11
 Palaeocopida - Arcyzonidae
Arcyzona bythiclimacota Kesling 1952 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 14-15
Arcyzona rhabdota Kesling 1952 ostracod
Units 9-11, 17-18
Arcyzona diademata Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Units 7, 9-11, 14-15
Arcyzona homalosagenota Kesling 1952 ostracod
Units 9-11
Arcyzona campylactinota Kesling 1936 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Palaeocopida - Amphissellidae
Doraclatum conatum Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 9-11
Tetrarhabdus pygmaeus Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
Dirhabdus multicostatus Pauken 1966 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Phlyctiscapha apleta Kesling 1954 ostracod
Found in units 1-6 (Tropidoleptus carinatus zone), 9-11 ("Chonetes" zone), 12, and 14-15.
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Tetrasacculus bilobus Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Hollinella (Keslingella) pumila Kesling 1952 ostracod
Units 9-12, 14-15
Hollinella (Keslingella) antespinosa Ulrich 1891 ostracod
Units 9-12
Hollinella (Keslingella) labrosa Kesling and Weiss 1953 ostracod
Units 9-12
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyellidae
Kirkbyella (Berdanella) unicornis Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
Kirkbyella (Berdanella) stewartae Sohn 1961 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12
Kirkbyella (Kirkbyella) bellipuncta Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
Cryptophyllus minusculus Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units, 7, 9-11
Cryptophyllus arsinius Stover 1956 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 17-18
 Palaeocopida -
Ehlersia hypercala Kesling and Kilgore 1952 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
Falsipollex laxivelatus Kesling 1952 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12
Falsipollex lativelatus Kesling and McMillan 1951 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 14-15
Adelphobolbina spicata Kesling and McMillan 1954 ostracod
Units 1-6
Adelphobolbina trilobata Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-7, 9-12, 14-15
Subligaculum bifidum Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Subligaculum scrobiculatum Kesling and McMillan 1951 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
Ctenoloculina eurybathrota Kesling 1952 ostracod
Units 9-11, 14-15
Ctenoloculina acanthina Kesling 1953 ostracod
Units 9-11
Ctenoloculina cicatricosa Warthin 1934 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Hanaites platus Kesling and McMillan 1951 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Birdsallella tumida Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Unit 12
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Menoeidina paucipunctata Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11
Menoeidina subreniformis Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-7, 9-12, 14-15, 17-18
Menoeidina arcuata Turner 1939 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Platycopida - Coelonellidae
Coelonella plana Stewart 1930 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7 9-11, 12
Coelonella scapha Stewart 1930 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
Eukloedenella doverensis Turner 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Dizygopleura euglyphea Warthin 1934 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12
Dizygopleura trisinuata Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Units 1-7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Punctoprimitia simplex Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Poloniella cingulata Warthin 1934 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Platycopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxiella rutkowskiae Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
Knoxiella truncata Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
Hypotetragona fractodorsalis ostracod
Units 9-11
Hypotetragona harrietensis Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 9-11
Hypotetragona aequitalis Peterson 1964 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina casei Warthin 1934 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 14-15
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella mariettensis Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Podocopida -
Hyphasmaphora textiligera Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Unit 12
 Podocopida - Bufinidae
Bythocyproidea eriensis Stewart and Hendrix 1945 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Bufina abbreviata Peterson 1966 ostracod
Units 8, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Bufina curti Coley 1954 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11
Bufina spinulifera Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 17-18
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Nannohealdia arcuata Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12
Healdia gibba Kesling and Weiss 1953 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
Healdia arkonensis Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 9-11
Healdia medusaensis Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 14-15
Ponderodictya ohioensis ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 14-15
Ponderodictya rhodesi Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
Ponderodictya punctulifera Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-12, 14-15, 17-18
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Jenningsina catenulata Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7
Quasillites sublunatus Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Quasillites fordei Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 1-7, 9-12, 14-15, 17-18
Quasillites obliquus Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Quasillites concentricus Turner 1939 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12, 14-15
 Podocopida -
Euglyphella projecta Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 14-15
Euglyphella compressa Coryell and Malkin 1936 ostracod
Units 7, 9-11
Euglyphella sigmoidalis Jones 1890 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Euglyphella modesta Peterson 1966 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11
Euglyphella lispa Peterson 1966 ostracod
Units 7, 9-11, 14-15
 Podocopida - Ropolonellidae
Ropolonellus papillatus Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Praepilatina silicensis Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 14-15
Bairdiocypris transptyxis Stover 1956 ostracod
Units 9-11, 12
Bairdiocypris gongylus Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
Cytherellina tanymeka Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 14-15
Cytherellina lechria Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-12, 14-15
Cytherellina subquadrata Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11, 12
Cytherellina lucasensis Stewart 1936 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15
Cytherellina kutasii Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 9-11, 12, 14-15, 17-18
Rugocytherellina ehlersi Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia simplex Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11, 14-15
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Rectobairdia emaciata Kesling and Kilgore 1952 ostracod
Units 9-11
 Podocopida - Beecherellidae
Pronipantex planus Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 9-11
Wideneria lispa Kesling and Chilman 1978 ostracod
Units 1-6, 9-11
 Podocopida -
Octonaria laevilitata Kesling and Kilgore 1952 ostracod
Units 12, 14-15, 17-18
Octonaria quadricostata Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Units 1-6, 7, 12, 14-15
Octonaria crescentiformis Van Pelt 1933 ostracod
Units 7, 12
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca -
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Devonalosia wrightorum Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productellidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Orthopleura "sp. B Imbrie"" = Imbriea
"Orthopleura "sp. B Imbrie"" = Imbriea Reily 2020
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia "euryteines", "Brachyspirifer audaculus" = Mediospirifer audaculus
"Brachyspirifer audaculus" = Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
  - Tropidoleptidae
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Ascodictyidae
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
 Cryptostomata -
Intrapora sp. Hall 1883
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
Semicoscinium sp. Prout 1859
 Cystoporata - Botrylloporidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
 Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculita
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia sp. Gurich 1896
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Loxonema hamiltoniae" = Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae
"Loxonema hamiltoniae" = Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae Hall 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Nodonema sp. Linsley 1968 snail
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Hexacrinitidae
 Monobathrida - Periechocrinitidae
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Hyperoblastidae
Kavaryella cracens
  -
Kavaryella cracens Kesling and Kilgore 1952
Unit 12