Mt Horeb [Galena Gp] (Ordovician to of the United States)

Where: Dane County, Wisconsin (43.0° N, 89.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 62.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Galena Group, Rocklandian to Rocklandian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Galena Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Middle Ordovician; here revised to Rocklandian-Shermanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, acetic, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Derived from historic collections. REPOSITORY: Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Primary reference: D. L. Clark, J. K. Sorenson, and A. N. Ladd. 1999. Probable Microvertebrates, Vertebrate-like Fossils, and Weird Things from the Wisconsin Ordovician. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1201-1209 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90360: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for microvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, but using primarily morphotype classification.
unclassified
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Problematica "indet. 1" Andrews 1970
Listed as "Thing 1"
Problematica "indet. 2" Andrews 1970
Listed as "Thing 2"
Problematica "indet. 3" Andrews 1970
Listed as "Thing 3"
Problematica "indet. 4" Andrews 1970
Listed as "Thing 4"
Problematica "indet. 5" Andrews 1970
Listed as "Thing 5"
Problematica "indet. 6" Andrews 1970
Listed as "Thing 6"
Palaeoscolecida
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