Sardeson Collection, Pecatonica Formation, Illinois and Iowa: Blackriveran, Illinois, Iowa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
? Pseudolingula iowensis (Owen 1844)
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania trentonensis
Acanthocrania granulosa
Acanthocrania setigeria (Hall 1866)
recombined as Acanthocrania setigera
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Oepikina minnesotensis (Winchell 1881)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Protozygidae
Protozyga nicolleti (Winchell and Schuchert 1892)
recombined as Manespira nicolleti
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides anthonense (Sardeson 1894)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula minnesotensis (Sardeson 1892)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema conradi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Campylorthis deflecta (Conrad 1843)
[entered as Camplyorthis deflecta]
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis bellarugosa (Conrad 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis tricenaria (Conrad 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Doleroides pervetus
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Bumastoides milleri (Billings 1859)
Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Raymondites longispinus (Walcott 1876)
recombined as Bathyurus (Raymondites) longispinus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Sceptaspis lincolnensis (Branson 1909)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurinella templetoni
Ceraurinella scofieldi (Clarke 1897)
Gabriceraurus mifflinensis
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Basiliella barrandi
spelled with current rank as Basilicus (Basiliella)
Isotelus simplex (Raymond and Narraway 1910)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois, Iowa
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 90.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.3° South, 63.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
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:Pecatonica
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: Lithology and environment taken from Kolata, D. R. "Lithostratigraphy of the Plateville, Galena and Maquoketa Groups in Northern Illinois." Middle and Late Ordovician Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35, p. 21-24. R. E. Sloan, ed.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23789
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:S. Holland Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-20 20:47:21 Last modified:2004-10-22 11:32:10
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-20 20:47:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6752. J. A. Catalani. 1987. Biostratigraphy of the Middle and Late Ordovician cephalopods of the Upper Mississippi Valley area. In R. E. Sloan (ed.), Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 187-189 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]