Sinking Spring section, (10.3 m height, Bisher Fm.), Highland Co., Ohio: Sheinwoodian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Conodonta
- Panderodontida
- Panderodontidae
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Panderodus unicostatus
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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5 elements | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Kockelellidae
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Kockelella sp.
Walliser 1957
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1 element | |||||||||
| sp. indet. | ||||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
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Ozarkodina confluens
(Rhodes 1953)
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1 element | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Spathognathodontodae
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Ozarkodina excavata
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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4 elements | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Highland |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 83.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.2° South, 51.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
| Stage: | Sheinwoodian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
| *International age/stage: | Sheinwood | ||
| Key time interval: | Sheinwoodian | Zone: | Kockelella ranuliformis - K. amsdeni |
| Age range of interval: | 433.4 - 430.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bisher | Local bed: | 83MK2, 10.3 m |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomite |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: "The uppermost Bisher consists of alternating fine-grained very argillaceous thin-bedded dolomites (wackestones) and med.- to coarse-grained thickly bedded crinoidal dolomites (skeletal packstones)." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Conodonts only. Author does indicate there are other taxa present. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 1146 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-16 15:45:41 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:58:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35. | M. A. Kleffner. 1990. Wenlockian (Silurian) conodont biostratigraphy, depositional environments, and depositional history along the eastern flank of the Cincinnati Arch in southern Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 64(2):319-328 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |