Where: Ohio (39.1° N, 84.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 62.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Miamitown Formation, Caradocian (460.9 - 449.5 Ma)
• Lower Maysvillian age. Sample #7 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, recrystallized, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Bulk collection made in field and weighed, cleaned, prepped, and identified in lab at University of Cincinnati. Sample dimensions are 361.3 square-cm. At least 59 specimens counted; 52 individuals estimated (using half of total disarticulated specimens with two parts plus number of articulated/intact specimens). Fragmented trepostome bryozoans, crinoid columnals, and fragmented trilobites were counted as estimated percent cover using standard percent cover reference chart.
Primary reference: P. M. Novack-Gottshall. 1999. Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati). 1-191 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64422: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 08.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869 snail 10 internal molds; count only includes specimens with more than two whorls
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Strophomenata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Stenolaemata | |
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Trilobita | |
Flexicalymene meeki Foerste 1910 trilobite 1 cephalon, 1 pygidium, 1 body fragment (articulated sclerites but missing cephalon and pygidium); probably associated remains
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Crinoidea | |
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