Near Batchtown: Shermanian, Illinois

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Conocardium limatula Bradley 1930
recombined as Pojetaconcha limatula
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Gyronema intermedium Bradley 1930
recombined as Cyclonema intermedium
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Phragmolites multinotatus n. sp. Bradley 1930
Bucania batchtownensis n. sp. Bradley 1930
Bucania punctifrons (Emmons 1842)
recombined as Undulabucania punctifrons
Bucania n. ssp. punctifrons primaeva
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca triangularis n. sp. Bradley 1930
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta concinna Bradley 1930
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora patens
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis globosus Bradley 1930
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus canalis Bradley 1930
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus depressicapitatus Bradley 1930
recombined as Thaleops depressicapitata
Bumastus billingsi Raymond and Narraway 1908
recombined as Bumastoides billingsi
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Goldius slocomi Bradley 1930
recombined as Eobronteus slocomi
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Acrolichas subdisjunctus Bradley 1930
recombined as Amphilichas subdisjunctus
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Eoharpes uniserialis Raymond 1925
recombined as Dolichoharpes uniserialis
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides missouriensis Foerste 1920
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Homotelus laeviurus Raymond 1921
Isotelus gigas (Dekay 1824)
recombined as Asaphus gigas
Isotelus maximus Locke 1838
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Pterygometopus callicephalus (Hall 1847)
recombined as Calyptaulax callicephalus
Dalmanites katharina Bradley 1930
recombined as Achatella katharina
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe arachniformis Bradley 1930
Holia magnaspina Bradley 1930
Pseudosphaerexochus subcircularis Bradley 1930
recombined as Acanthoparypha subcircularis
Heliomera raymondi Bradley 1930
recombined as Heliomeroides raymondi
Ceraurus globulobatus Bradley 1930
Ceraurus pleurexanthemus Green 1832
Ceraurinus platycanthus Bradley 1930
Ceraurinus tenuisculptus Bradley 1930
recombined as Ceraurinella tenuisculptus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus trentonensis Walcott 1880
synonym of Erratencrinurus vigilans
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois County:Calhoun
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 90.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.2° South, 66.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval:Shermanian
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kimmswick limestone
Stratigraphy comments: " [...] Kimmswick limestone of Missouri [...] "; The Kimmswick ls. is Trentonian according to Esker, III & Levin (1964, J. Paleont. 38(4)) and Parsley & Mintz (1975, Bull. Amer. Paleont. 68).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH,USNM
Metadata
Also known as:1 mile north of Batchtown according to Pojeta & Runnegar 1976
Database number:154952
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-03-23 14:34:07 Last modified:2021-06-25 19:22:53
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-23 14:34:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15774. J. H. Bradley. 1930. The fauna of the Kimmswick limestone of Missouri and Illinois. Contributions from the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 2(6):219-290 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

53465 P. J. Lespérance and D. Desbiens. 1995. Selected Ordovician trilobites from the Lake St. John District of Quebec and their bearing on systematics. Paleontological Society Memoir 42:1-19 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]