Scales Shale, Elgin Member Ostracodes of Iowa: Edenian - Maysvillian, Iowa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Macrocypris kayi
Spivey 1939
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Ningulella paucisulcata
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Ellesmeria scobeyi
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Laddella insueta
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiocyprididae
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Macrocyproides clermontensis
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiidae
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Krausella inaequalis
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bythocyprididae
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Bythocypris furnishi
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Eridoconchidae
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Americoncha marginata
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Cryptophyllidae
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Milleratia cincinnatiensis
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Beyrichia irregularis
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Leperditellidae
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Punctaparchites splendens
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Leperditella fryei
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Kloedenellidae
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Eukloedenella richmondensis
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Schmidtellidae
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Paraschmidtella irregularis
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Schmidtella lacunosa
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Primitiidae
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Primitia spinata
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Primitia gibbera
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Aparchitidae
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Aparchites barbatus
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Euprimitiidae
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Primitiella bellevuensis
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Primitiella carlei
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Primitiella milleri
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Hollinidae
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Ctenobolbina emaciata
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Ctenobolbina maquoketensis
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Bolliidae
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Ulrichia saccula
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Bollia regularis
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Bollia ruthae
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Soanellidae
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Zygobolboides calvini
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Zygobolboides grafensis
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Zygobolboides iowensis
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Iowa |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 94.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° South, 65.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Ordovician | *Local age/stage: | Edenian - Maysvillian |
| Key time interval: | Edenian - Maysvillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 451.1 - 449.8 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Maquoketa | Formation: | Scales Shale | Member: | Elgin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Limestone, occasional shale partings. Lithology from C. O. Leverson, A. J. Gerk, R. E. Sloan, & L. A. Bisagno. General section of the Middle and Late Ordovician strata of Northeastern Iowa, Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35, p.25-39. Edited by R. E. Sloan. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 23235 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | T. Hanson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-07-10 18:54:45 | Last modified: | 2002-07-10 21:54:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-10 18:54:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6656. | F. M. Swain. 1987. Middle and Upper Ordovician Ostracoda of Minnesota and Iowa. In R. E. Sloan (ed.), Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35:99-101 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning] |