Where: Indiana (41.1° N, 84.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 32.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Silica Formation (Traverse Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified mudstone and lithified packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: L. A. Wiedman. 1985. Community paleoecological study of the Silica Shale equivalent of northeastern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 59(1):160-182 [S. Peters/S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65999: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 26.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Aulocystis lucasensis tabulate coral | |
Aulopora microbuccinata tabulate coral | |
"Trachypora alpenensis" = Thamnoptychia
"Trachypora alpenensis" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Heterophrentis simplex horn coral | |
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral | |
Bethanyphyllum robustum horn coral | |
Cystiphylloides americanum horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite | |
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Craniata | |
Strophomenata | |
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta erratica" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta extenuata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta fissicosta" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta demissa" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
"Strophodonta erratica" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta extenuata" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta fissicosta" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta demissa" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa Conrad 1842 | |
Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839 | |
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Devonochonetes coronatus Hall 1857
Devonochonetes scitulus Hall 1857 | |
"Orthopleura sp." = Imbriea
"Orthopleura sp." = Imbriea Reily 2020 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Mediospirifer audaculus Conrad 1842 | |
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
Mucrospirifer mucronatus Conrad 1841 | |
Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857 | |
Cupularostrum sp. Sartenaer 1961 | |
"Pseudatrypa devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana
"Pseudatrypa devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana Webster 1921 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850 | |
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882 | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Tentaculita | |
Styliolina sp. Karpinsky 1884 | |
Gastropoda | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
Crinoidea | |
Gilbertsocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily |