Upper Carters - Wilson, 1949 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Tennessee (35.5° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 66.4° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Carters Limestone Formation), Rocklandian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated, peloidal, shelly/skeletal packstone and wackestone

• Data from field work of S.M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky
• upper carters consists of several lithofacies. shallow subtidal: medium to thick-bedded skeletal to peloidal bioturbated wackestone and packstone. intertidal: interbedded very thin to thin bedded skeletal/peloidal wackestones and packstones and calcareous shales. supratidal: laminated lime mudstone, variably dolomitic, with laminar fenestrae & desiccation cracks. fossils found primarily in shallow subtidal and intertidal facies.

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Primary reference: C. W. Wilson. 1949. Pre-Chattanooga stratigraphy in Central Tennessee. Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 56:1-415 [S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5346: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 27.09.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Wilson reports list from Bassler (1932)
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Tetradium
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Tetradium cellulosum
Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Actinoceras tenuifilum
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
"Orthoceras tyronensis" = Proteoceras tyronensis
"Orthoceras tyronensis" = Proteoceras tyronensis Foerste 1912
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
"Raphistoma lapicida" = Raphistomina lapicida
"Raphistoma lapicida" = Raphistomina lapicida Salter 1859 snail
[entered as Raphistoma lapidicida]
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Helicotoma planulatoides, Helicotoma granosa
Helicotoma planulatoides Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Helicotoma granosa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca undulata
Pterotheca undulata Hall 1861 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites regularis
Subulites regularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira obliqua
Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
Lophospira obliqua Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Omospira laticincta
Omospira laticincta Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira vitruvia
Liospira vitruvia Billings 1865 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma gracilis
Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847 snail
Hormotoma gracilis angustata
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Hormotoma salteri" = Cyrtostropha salteri
"Hormotoma salteri" = Cyrtostropha salteri Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Hormotoma salteri tennesseensis
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodonta huronensis
Cyrtodonta huronensis Billings 1858 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis tricenaria
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena nasutus" = Strophomena auburnensis nasuta
"Strophomena nasutus" = Strophomena auburnensis nasuta Cooper 1956
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Homotrypa arbuscula, Orbignyella wetherbyi
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
"Rhinidictya nicholsoni" = Stictopora nicholsoni, Phyllodictya frondosa
"Rhinidictya nicholsoni" = Stictopora nicholsoni Ulrich 1882
Phyllodictya frondosa Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora subramosa, Escharopora subrecta, Graptodictya provia
Escharopora subrecta Ulrich 1886
Trilobita
 Proetida - Bathyuridae
Bathyurus extans
Bathyurus extans Hall 1847 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Tetradella quadrilirata
Tetradella quadrilirata Hall and Whitfield 1875 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
Primitiella constricta
Primitiella constricta Ulrich 1894 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina subradiata
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia fabulites
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Leperditella tumida
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Krausella arcuata
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lambelasmatidae
"Streptelasma profundum" = Lambeophyllum profundum
"Streptelasma profundum" = Lambeophyllum profundum Conrad 1843 horn coral
 Stauriida - Columnariidae
Columnaria halli
Columnaria halli horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Dermatostroma tyronensis
Dermatostroma tyronensis stromatoporoid sponge