List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Receptaculitid sp. 1
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informal Receptaculitid sp. 2
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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stromatoporoids sp.
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Favositid sp. 1
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3.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Favositid sp. 2
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Heliolitid sp. 1
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.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Heliolitid sp. 2
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Halysitid sp. 1
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2.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Halysitid sp. 2
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Coolina subplana
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1.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Bellerophontacean indet.
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informal Nuculid indet.
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Cornulitid indet.
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Arctunurus sp.
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0.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Calymenid indet.
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Gomophocystites glans
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Ichyocrinus subangularis
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Eunema fatua
Hall 1868
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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informal Eotomarid indet.
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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= Eotomarioid indet.
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
| was Eotomarid indet. | ||||||||||
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Holocystitidae
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Holocystites alternatus
(Hall 1861)
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| recombined as Holocystites (Holocystites) alternatus | ||||||||||
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Holocystites abnormis
Hall 1864
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| recombined as Holocystites (Megacystites) abnormis | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Dimerocrinitidae
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Dimerocrinites occidentalis
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Dimerocrinites pentangularis
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0.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Lampterocrinidae
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Lampterocrinus inflatus
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Siphonocrinus armosus
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1.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Siphonocrinus nobilis
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0.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Siphonocrinus informal sp. indet.
Miller 1888
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Rhodocrinitidae
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? Lyriocrinus melissa
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0.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Periechocrinidae
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Periechocrinus infelix
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Periechocrinus necis
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Periechocrinus uniformis
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0.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Melocrinitidae
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Promelocrinus obpramidalis
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Patelliocrinidae
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Macrostylocrinus obconicus
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Marsupiocrinidae
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Marsupiocrinus chagoensis
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0.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Eucalyptocrinitidae
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Calliocrinus cornutus
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Eucalyptocrinites crassus
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0.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Eucalyptocrinites nodulosus
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0.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Eucalyptocrinites ornatus
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Crotalocrinitidae
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Crotalocrinites cora
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Crinoidea
- Sagenocrinida
- Lecanocrinidae
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Lecanocrinus waukoma
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Blastoidea
- Coronata
- Stephanocrinidae
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Stephanocrinus osgoodensis
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Blastoidea
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Lysocystites nodosus
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Rhombifera
- Caryocrinitidae
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Caryocrinites sp.
Say 1825
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3.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Lituitida
- Sphooceratidae
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Sphooceras sp.
Flower 1962
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Actinoceratidae
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Elrodoceras abnorme
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Cephalopoda
- Dissidocerida
- Geisonoceratidae
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Protokionoceras medullare
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Harrisoceras orthoceroides
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Geisonocerina wauwatosense
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Sphaerorthoceratidae
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? Plagiostomoceras sp.
Teichert and Glenister 1952
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Kionoceratidae
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Kionoceras scammoni
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Kionoceras sp. 1
Hyatt 1884
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Polygrammoceras sp.
Foerste 1927
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Dawsonoceratidae
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Metaspyroceras ruedemanni
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Dawsonoceras nodocostatum
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Michelinoceras sp.
Foerste 1932
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Leurocycloceras raymondi
Foerste 1928
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Cephalopoda
- Barrandeocerida
- Lechritrochoceratidae
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Lechritrochoceras desplainense
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Oncoceratidae
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Metarizoceras brevicorne
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cyrtorizoceras dardanus
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cyrtorizoceras unguicurvatum
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Acleistoceratidae
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Amphicyrtoceras laterale
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Amphicyrtoceras orcas
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Amphicyrtoceras sp. 1
Foerste 1924
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.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Uranoceratidae
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Uranoceras hercules
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Gastropoda
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Pleurotomaria idia
Hall 1861
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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= Gastropoda idia
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras sp.
Conrad 1840
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.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cyclonema elevata
Hall 1868
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Strophostylus elevatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Holopeidae
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Holopea guelphensis
Billings 1865
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus mopsus
Hall 1868
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| recombined as Philoxene mopsus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Cyclonema pauper
(Hall 1867)
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Oriostoma pauper | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Tremanotus alpheus
(Hall 1868)
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Tremanotus angustata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Subulitidae
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Fusispira ventricosa
Hall 1872
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phanerotrematidae
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Pleurotomaria occidens
(Hall 1867)
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Phanerotrema occidens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Luciellidae
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Pleurotomaria halei
Hall 1867
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Prosolarium halei | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisonia conradi
Hall 1868
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Murchisonia laphami
Hall 1860
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Cypricardiniidae
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Cypricardinia arata
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora quadrilatera
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Mytilarca acutirostra
(Hall 1865)
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1.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Amphicoelia leidyi
Hall 1865
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.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria brisa
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Rhombopteriidae
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Rhombopteria sp.
Jackson 1890
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Palaeocardiidae
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Palaeocardia cordiiformis
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cyrtodontidae
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Matheria recta
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.5 individuals | |||||||||
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Craniata
- Trimerellida
- Trimerellidae
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Dinobolus conradi
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Chileata
- Dictyonellida
- Eichwaldiidae
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Dictyonella reticulata
Hall 1868
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Parastrophinidae
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Anastrophia internascens
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.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Parastrophinella multiplicata
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Clorindidae
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Antirhynchonella ventricosa
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rhynchotreta sp.
Hall 1879
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Stegerhynchus sp.
(Foerste 1909)
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16.9 %-individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Rhynchonella (Stegerhynchus) | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella sp.
Kozlowski 1946
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Striispirifer sp.
Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
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Eospirifer radiatus
(Sowerby 1834)
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2.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Macropleura eudora
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.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Janius nobilis
(Barrande 1848)
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Cyrtia meta
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Punctatrypidae
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Reticulatrypa sp.
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19.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa sp.
Dalman 1828
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1.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Plectatrypa sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1930
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Whitfieldia sp.
Davidson 1881
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| spelled with current rank as Meristella (Whitfieldia) | ||||||||||
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Meristina sp.
Hall 1867
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Dolerorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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.8 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia sp.
King 1850
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dicoelosiidae
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Dicoelosia biloba
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Dalejina sp.
Havlicek 1953
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis clivosa
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.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Resserella canalis
(Sowerby 1839)
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.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena depressa
(Sowerby 1824)
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4 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Protomegastrophia profunda
(Hall 1852)
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Plectodonta sp.
Kozlowski 1929
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.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Oxoplecia niagarensis
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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8.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bryozoa sp. 2
Ehrenberg 1831
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.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Bumastus armatus
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bumastus ioxus
(Hall 1868)
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.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Styginidae
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Kosovopeltis acamas
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2.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Odontopleurida
- Odontopleuridae
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Ceratocephala goniata
Warder 1838
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Trilobita
- Lichida
- Lichidae
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Dicranopeltis sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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0.7 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Dalmanites platycaudatus
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0.2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Cheirurus niagarensis
(Hall 1868)
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Sphaerexochus romingeri
Hall 1868
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa sp. 1
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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1.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rugosa sp. 2
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rugosa sp. 4
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Rugosa sp. 5
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Rugosa sp. 7
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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1.3 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rugosa sp. 8
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Rugosa sp. 9
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Rugosa sp. 10
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Rugosa sp. 11
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Heteractinida
- Octactinellida
- Astraeospongiidae
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Astraeospongium sp.
(Roemer 1860)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wisconsin |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 87.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.4° South, 49.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Racine |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified wackestone |
| Lithology description: The major features of reefs in the Racine Formation include mound-like shapes, massive appearance, abundant fossils, and inclined flank beds. Carbonate mud and smaller bioclasts within reef deposits have been altered to a mosaic of dolomite crystals. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13075 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky, P. Wagner | Enterer: | A. Krug, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-01-18 12:07:08 | Last modified: | 2004-07-07 20:29:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-18 12:07:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4354. | R. Watkins. 1993. The Silurian (Wenlockian) reef fauna of Southeastern Wisconsin. Palaios 8:325-338 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug] |
Secondary references:
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |