Sardeson Collection, Dubuque Formation, Illinois, Iowa: Edenian, Illinois, Iowa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
? Onniella porrecta
Paucicrura corpulenta (Sardeson 1892)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae
? Eremotrema emacerata (Hall 1860)
recombined as Heterorthina emacerata
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Austinella kankakensis (McChesney 1861)
Plaesiomys proavita (Winchell and Schuchert 1892)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis bellarugosa (Conrad 1843)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus capax (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Hiscobeccus capax
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella minnesotensis (Sardeson 1892)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena cf. fluctuosa Billings 1860
recombined as Nasutimena fluctuosa
Strophomena trilobita (Owen 1852)
recombined as Strophomena trilobata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Megamyonia unicostata (Meek and Worthen 1868)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina nitans
Rafinesquina deltoidea (Conrad 1838)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia ulrichi
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea pelopea
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
? Pseudolingula iowensis (Owen 1844)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae
Lingula philomela Billings 1865
recombined as Lingulasma philomela
"Lingula" philomela
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus iowensis (Owen 1852)
Isotelus susae (Whitfield 1882)
Isotelus gigas (Dekay 1824)
recombined as Asaphus gigas
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus orbicaudatus (Billings 1859)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene senaria (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Flexicalymene (Flexicalymene) senaria
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurinus icarus (Billings 1860)
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
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician *Local age/stage:Edenian
Key time interval:Edenian Graptolite zone: Amplexograptus manitoulinensis
Age range of interval:451.10000 - 450.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Galena Formation:Dubuque
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Lithology from  F. M. Swain. 1987. Middle and Upper Ordovician Ostracoda of Minnesota and Iowa. Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 :99-101. Edited by R. E. Sloan.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23809
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-21 18:57:55 Last modified:2018-03-24 01:05:23
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-21 18:57:55
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]