Moccasin Fm., (upper Wilderness): Middle Ordovician, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
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? Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| Pelmatozoan (crinoids) - originally entered as "? Crinoidea indet." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Macluritidae
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Maclurites sp.
Le Sueur 1818
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Ambonychia sp.
Hall 1847
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Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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| orthocone cephalopods | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Strophomena sp.
Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyidae
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Stictopora sp.
Hall 1847
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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| encrusting trepostome | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Hallopora sp.
Bassler 1911
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Illaenidae indet.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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Phacopidae indet.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 83.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.7° South, 69.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Ordovician | ||
| Age range of interval: | 470.00000 - 458.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moccasin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "M. Ord. (upper Wilderness)" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
| Geology comments: "intercalated sh and thin ls (ecol. succession) shallow shelf (10-50 m) occassional storms ("mid-shelf"). stable craton BA2" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Parker 1981. Parker thesis" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 329 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2017-01-28 13:25:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61485. | W. C. Parker. 1983. Fossil ecological successions in Paleozoic level bottom brachiopod-bryozoan communities. 1-217 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |