Racine Fm, SE Wisconsin, Franklin Quarry - Patzkowsky: Wenlock - Silurian, Wisconsin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Receptaculitid sp. 1
informal Receptaculitid sp. 2
<.1 %-individuals
stromatoporoids sp.
<.1 %-individuals
informal Favositid sp. 1
2.1 %-individuals
informal Favositid sp. 2
informal Favositid sp. 3
.2 %-individuals
informal Heliolitid sp. 2
.3 %-individuals
informal Alveolitid indet.
1.6 %-individuals
informal Halysitid sp. 1
1.2 %-individuals
informal Halysitid sp. 2
1.1 individuals
informal Pachyporid indet.
2.6 %-individuals
informal Syringoporid indet.
informal Auloporid sp. 1
informal Acrotretid indet.
Coolina subplana
1.3 %-individuals
informal stropheodonitid indet.
1 %-individuals
Parastophinella multiplicata
.4 %-individuals
informal conocardiid indet.
.2 %-individuals
informal Calymenid indet.
.2 %-individuals
Dimerocrinited pentangularis
.2 %-individuals
informal pisocrinid indet.
.2 individuals
Holocystitidae
Holocystites alternatus (Hall 1861)
recombined as Holocystites (Holocystites) alternatus
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Lampterocrinidae
Lampterocrinus inflatus
.8 %-individuals
Siphonocrinus armosus
<.1 %-individuals
Siphonocrinus nobilis
Siphonocrinus sp. indet. Miller 1888
.2 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
? Lyriocrinus melissa
<.1 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Periechocrinidae
Periechocrinus infelix
<.1 %-individuals
Periechocrinus urniformis
.2 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Melocrinitidae
Promelocrinus obpyramidalis
.5 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Marsupiocrinidae
Marsupiocrinus chagoensis
.2 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Calliocrinus cornutus
.3 %-individuals
Eucalyptocrinites crassus
.5 %-individuals
Eucalyptocrinites ornatus
.7 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Crotalocrinitidae
Crotalocrinites cora
<.1 %-individuals
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Lecanocrinidae
Lecanocrinus waukoma
.6 %-specimens
Blastoidea
Lysocystites nodosus
<.1 %-individuals
Rhombifera - Caryocrinitidae
Caryocrinites sp. Say 1825
1.1 %-individuals
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Elrodoceras abnorme
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Protokionoceras medullare
.4 %-individuals
Geisonocerina wauwatosense
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras scammoni
.2 %-individuals
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Metaspyroceras ruedemanni
Dawsonoceras nodocostatum
.2 %-individuals
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
<.1 %-individuals
Leurocycloceras raymondi Foerste 1928
Cephalopoda - Barrandeocerida - Lechritrochoceratidae
Lechritrochoceras desplainense
.3 %-individuals
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Metarizoceras brevicorne
Cyrtorizoceras dardanus
<.1 %-individuals
Cyrtorizoceras unguicurvatum
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae
Amphicyrtoceras orcas
Amphicyrtoceras sp. 1 Foerste 1924
1.7 %-individuals
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Phragmoceratidae
Phragmoceras procerum
Gastropoda
Holopea sp. 1 Hall 1847
18.7 %-individuals
    = Gastropoda sp. Cuvier 1795
Wagner 2023
was Holopea sp. 1
    = Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Wagner 2023
Pleurotomaria idia Hall 1861
    = Gastropoda idia
Wagner 2023
was Pleurotomaria idia
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
<.1 %-individuals
Cyclonema elevata Hall 1868
.2 %-individuals
recombined as Strophostylus elevatus
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea guelphensis Billings 1865
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus mopsus Hall 1868
.5 %-individuals
recombined as Philoxene mopsus
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Cyclonema pauper (Hall 1867)
2.6 %-individuals
recombined as Oriostoma pauper
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
informal Bellerophontacean indet.
<.1 %-individuals
    = Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
was bellerophontacean indet.
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus alpheus (Hall 1868)
synonym of Tremanotus angustata
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Fusispira ventricosa Hall 1872
.2 %-individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema leda Hall 1868
3.2 %-individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina
informal eotamarid indet.
5.5 %-individuals
    = Eotomarioidea indet. Wenz 1938
Wagner 2023
was Eotomarid indet.
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Pleurotomaria occidens (Hall 1867)
.2 %-individuals
recombined as Phanerotrema occidens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Pleurotomaria halei Hall 1867
recombined as Prosolarium halei
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia conradi Hall 1868
<.1 %-individuals
Murchisonia laphami Hall 1860
Bivalvia
Bivalvia sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
.2 %-individuals
free-burrowing
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida
Modiomorphoida indet. Newell 1969
corrected as Modiomorphida
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia arata
.5 %-individuals
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora quadrilatera
.3 %-individuals
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca acutirostra (Hall 1865)
1.7 %-individuals
Amphicoelia leidyi Hall 1865
.7 %-individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria brisa
<.1 %-individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteria sp. Jackson 1890
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Matheria recta
.8 %-individuals
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
<.1 %-individuals
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra magnacostata
Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Dinobolus conradi
<.1 %-individuals
Chileata - Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Dictyonella reticulata Hall 1868
.3 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Anastrophia internascens
1.4 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Capelliniella mira
1 %-individuals
Apopentamerus racinensis
<.1 %-individuals
synonym of Harpidium (Isovella)
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Antirhynchonella ventricosa
<.1 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta sp. Hall 1879
.2 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp. (Foerste 1909)
5.5 %-individuals
original and current combination Rhynchonella (Stegerhynchus)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
2.3 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Striispirifer sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
.3 %-individuals
Eospirifer radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
2.3 %-individuals
Macropleura eudora
.2 %-individuals
Janius nobilis (Barrande 1848)
3.3 %-individuals
Cyrtia meta
<.1 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
Reticulatrypa sp.
2 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
2.3 %-individuals
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
.2 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina magnaventra
.3 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
1.2 %-individuals
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
.3 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
.7 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
<.1 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia biloba (Linnaeus 1758)
.2 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
.3 %-individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis clivosa
<.1 %-individuals
Resserella canalis (Sowerby 1839)
.5 %-individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena depressa (Sowerby 1824)
3.2 %-individuals
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Protomegastrophia profunda (Hall 1852)
.4 %-individuals
recombined as Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
.2 %-individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
.2 %-individuals
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
5.4 %-individuals
fenestrate
Bryozoa sp. 1 Ehrenberg 1831
<.1 %-individuals
ramose
Bryozoa sp. 2 Ehrenberg 1831
.5 %-individuals
ramose
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
1.9 %-individuals
laminar
Trilobita - Proetida
Proetida indet. Fortey and Owens 1975
.2 %-individuals
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus armatus
1.4 %-individuals
Bumastus ioxus (Hall 1868)
4.2 %-individuals
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Kosovopeltis acamas
1.2 %-individuals
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Arctinurus sp. Castelnau 1843
Dicranopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
<.1 %-individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites platycaudatus
<.1 %-individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Eophacops handwerki
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus niagarensis (Hall 1868)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus nereus
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa sp. 2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
<.1 %-individuals
Rugosa sp. 3 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Rugosa sp. 4 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
.2 %-individuals
Rugosa sp. 6 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
.2 %-individuals
Rugosa sp. 8 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Rugosa sp. 9 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
<.1 %-individuals
Rugosa sp. 12 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Rugosa sp. 1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
.8 %-individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 88.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° South, 49.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Silurian
*Period:Early/Lower Silurian - Middle Silurian *Epoch:Wenlock
Key time interval:Wenlock - Silurian
Age range of interval:443.80000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
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:13104
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, P. Wagner Enterer:A. Krug, P. Wagner
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-01-21 10:46:02 Last modified:2004-07-07 20:29:21
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-21 10:46:02
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]