Sardeson Collection, St. Peter Sandstone: Blackriveran, Minnesota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pinodema conradi
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania granulosa
Acanthocrania setigeria (Hall 1866)
recombined as Acanthocrania setigera
[entered as Acanthocrania setigera]
Petrocrania trentonensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Oepikina minnesotensis (Winchell 1881)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Protozygidae
Protozyga nicolleti (Winchell and Schuchert 1892)
recombined as Manespira nicolleti
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis bellarugosa (Conrad 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis tricenaria (Conrad 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Campylorthis deflecta (Conrad 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Doleroides pervetus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula minnesotensis (Sardeson 1892)
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides anthonense (Sardeson 1894)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
? Pseudolingula iowensis (Owen 1844)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Minnesota
Coordinates: 45.0° North, 93.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° South, 62.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
*Period:Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician *Local age/stage:Blackriveran
Key time interval:Blackriveran
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:St. Peter Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Siliciclastic indet. Environmental call by T. Hanson.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23273
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:S. Holland Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-11 08:12:59 Last modified:2004-10-22 09:56:47
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-11 08:12:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6686. W. F. Rice and E. P. Hedblom. 1987. Brachiopods and trilobites of the Sardeson Beds in the Twin Cities. Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 131-135 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]