Elkhorn community, Elkhorn Fm., Cincinnati Arch, Cincinnati region (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Ohio (39.0° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 58.0° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• "Richmondian"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone and mudstone

• "BA2 (S. Holland, pers. comm.)" Additional Geographic, Stratigraphic, and Geologic Information added by S.M. Holland, 23 September 1999, as well as the complete species-level lists of Dalve, 1948.
• mudstone, interbedded with limestone. limestones mostly thin-bedded skeletal packstones and calcisiltites. mudstones are red in some outcrops, green or gray in others.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Dalve. 1948. The fossil fauna of the Ordovician in the Cincinnati Region. University Museum, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Cincinnati 1-56 [S. Holland/S. Holland/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 395: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Dalve 1948"
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Edrioasteroidea
 Isorophina - Isorophidae
Isorophus sp.
Isorophus sp. Foerste 1916
2 species
  - Pyrgocystidae
Streptaster sp.
Streptaster sp. Hall 1872
unclassified
  -
Faberia sp.
Asteroidea
 Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Mesopalaeaster sp.
Mesopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star
 Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Urasterella sp.
Urasterella sp. McCoy 1851 sea star
 Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae
Hudsonaster sp.
Hudsonaster sp. Stürtz 1899 sea star
 Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae
Promopalaeaster sp.
Promopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914 sea star
2 species
Crinoidea
  -
Lichenocrinus sp.
Lichenocrinus sp. Hall 1866 Sea lily
7 species
 Rhombifera - Callocystitidae
Lepadocystis sp.
Lepadocystis sp. Carpenter 1891
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis sp.
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
2 species
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra sp.
Philhedra sp. Koken 1889
2 species
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus sp., Hiscobeccus sp.
Lepidocyclus sp. Wang 1949
originally entered as "Lepidocyclas sp."
Hiscobeccus sp. Amsden 1983
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp.
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramoporella sp.
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Constellaria sp.
Constellaria sp. Dana 1846
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Rhombotrypa sp.
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp., Homotrypella sp., Homotrypa sp.
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
Homotrypella sp. Ulrich 1886
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp.
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
2 species
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyonidae
Dicranopora sp.
Cephalopoda
 Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae
Schuchertoceras sp.
Schuchertoceras sp. Miller 1932
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Beloitoceras sp.
Beloitoceras sp. Foerste 1924
3 species
 Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Diestoceras sp.
Diestoceras sp. Foerste 1924
 Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae
Manitoulinoceras sp.
Manitoulinoceras sp. Foerste 1924
2 species
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp.
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp.
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania sp.
Bucania sp. Hall 1847 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
? Sphenosphaera sp.
? Sphenosphaera sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
4 species
  -
Microceras sp.
Microceras sp. Hall 1845 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp.
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845 snail
4 species
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida -
Conocardioidea indet.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites
"Cleidophorus sp." = Nuculites Conrad 1841 clam
2 species
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
2 species
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp., Opisthoptera sp.
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam
Opisthoptera sp. Meek 1871 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Ortonella sp., Cyrtodonta sp.
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam
 Modiomorphida - Allodesmatidae
Ischyrodonta sp.
Ischyrodonta sp. Ulrich 1890 clam
3 species
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp., Orthodesma sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Rhytimya sp.
Rhytimya sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
2 species
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurinus sp.
Ceraurinus sp. Barton 1913 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
2 species
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Favistella sp.
Favistella sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
 Stauriida - Columnariidae
Columnaria sp.
Columnaria sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Protaraea sp.
Protaraea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
 Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia sp.
Calapoecia sp. Billings 1865 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Dermatostroma sp.
Dermatostroma sp. Parks 1910 stromatoporoid sponge
2 species
 Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
"Beatricea sp." = Aulacera
"Beatricea sp." = Aulacera Plummer 1843 stromatoporoid sponge
2 species
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium sp.
Stromatocerium sp. Hall 1847 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia sp.
Hindia sp. Duncan 1879 demosponge
Tetradium
  -
Tetradium sp.
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Pasceolus sp.
Pasceolus sp. Billings 1857