Mannie - Wilson, 1949 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Tennessee (35.5° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 62.2° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Mannie Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

• Richmondian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, green mudstone

• Geologic information from field notes of S.M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky
• massive weathering, green dolomitic mudstone. in some outcrops, could almost be considered a green argillaceous and silty dolomitic limestone.

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 5393: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 29.09.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Wilson reprints faunal list from Bassler (1932)
unclassified
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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
"Crania laelia" = Philhedra laelia
"Crania laelia" = Philhedra laelia Hall 1866
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Leptaena unicostata" = Megamyonia unicostata
"Leptaena unicostata" = Megamyonia unicostata Meek and Worthen 1868
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena planodorsata" = Tetraphalerella planodorsata, Strophomena odessae
"Strophomena planodorsata" = Tetraphalerella planodorsata Winchell and Schuchert 1892
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
"Rhynchotrema manniensis" = Lepidocyclus manniensis Foerste 1909
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Dinorthis subquadrata" = Plaesiomys subquadratus, "Dinorthis proavita" = Plaesiomys proavita
"Dinorthis subquadrata" = Plaesiomys subquadratus Hall 1847
"Dinorthis proavita" = Plaesiomys proavita Winchell and Schuchert 1892
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
"Hebertella insculpta" = Glyptorthis insculpta
"Hebertella insculpta" = Glyptorthis insculpta Hall 1847
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Anaphragma mirabile Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Rhombotrypa quadrata Rominger 1866
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Goniotrypa bilateralis, "Dicranopora fragilis" = Stictopora fragilis
"Dicranopora fragilis" = Stictopora fragilis Billings 1866
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema bilix, "Cyclora minuta" = Cyclonema minuta
Cyclonema bilix Conrad 1842 snail
"Cyclora minuta" = Cyclonema minuta Hall 1845 snail