Honeycut Fm., between zones g and j exclusive: Early/Lower Ordovician, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Jeffersonia sp. Poulson 1927
Rananasus sp. Cullison 1944
Bathyurellus sp. Billings 1865
originally entered as "Bathyurellas sp."
Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae
Allopiloceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae
Mcqueenoceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Cotteroceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Cyptendoceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae
Aphetoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae
Moreauoceras sp. Cullison 1944
Tarphyceras sp. Hyatt 1894
Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Onychochilus sp. Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Raphistomina sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Polhemia sp. Cullison 1944
synonym of Lophonema
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Lesueurilla sp. Koken 1898
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Orospira sp. Butts 1926
Ceratopea sp. Ulrich 1911
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Barnesella sp. Bridge and Cloud 1947
synonym of Lecanospira
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp. (Salter 1859)
Plethospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Eopteria sp. Billings 1865
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Finkelnburgiidae
Finkelnburgia sp. (Walcott 1905)
original and current combination Orthis (Finkelnburgia)
originally entered as "Finkelnbergia sp."
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Syntrophiidae
Xenelasma sp.
Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae
Archaeoscyphia sp. Hinde 1889
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.3° North, 97.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.7° South, 88.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1-2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician
Key time interval:Early/Lower Ordovician
Age range of interval:485.40000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Honeycut
Stratigraphy comments: "L. Ord., b/w Zones G and J, exclusive"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: dolomite
Environment:peritidal
Geology comments: "dolomitic. peritidal? BA1.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"cloud and Barnes 1957"
Metadata
Database number:293
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-06 17:57:51
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
61104. P. E. Cloud, V. E. Barnes, and W. H. Haas. 1957. Devonian-Mississippian Transition in Central Texas. Geological Society America Bulletin 68(7):807-816 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]