Cowans Creek (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Clinton County, Ohio (39.4° N, 83.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 59.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Richmondian Group, Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

• Waynesville and Whitewater formations

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: museum: MUGM

Primary reference: B. C. Klingensmith. 2007. GIS-based biogeography of Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician) brachiopods with special reference to Hebertella. [A. Stigall/A. Stigall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78158: authorized by Alycia Stigall, entered by Alycia Stigall on 29.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis insculpta Hall 1847
2 individuals
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella alveata Foerste 1909
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Hiscobeccus capax Conrad 1842
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae