Edgewood Group, Locality D: Llandovery, Missouri

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Coolinia propinquua (Meek and Worthen 1868)
recombined as Schuchertella propinqua
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina putilla (Hall and Clarke 1894)
recombined as Atrypa putilla
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus concinna (Savage 1913)
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Brevilamnulella thebesensis (Savage 1913)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina ovoides
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira fiscellostriata Savage 1913
originally entered as "Homoespira fiscellostriata"
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis savagei Amsden 1974
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella edgewoodensis Savage 1913
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
? Mendacella sp. Cooper 1930
originally entered as "? Mendacella sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platyorthidae
? Diceromyonia sera
originally entered as "? Diceromyonia sera"
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Missouri County:Pike
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 91.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.2° South, 58.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
*Period:Early/Lower Silurian *Epoch:Early/Lower Llandovery
Key time interval:Llandovery
Age range of interval:443.80000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bryant Knob
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 5 ft thick section appx 5 ft above base of exposure.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal,gray lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: dolomite
Environment:deep subtidal shelf Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: "Unrestricted offshore environment of moderate depth involving some water movement by waves and (or) currents." "Interbedded dolomite, dolomitic limestone, and organo-detrital sparite with some oolites."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods (Articulate) only.
Metadata
Database number:3351
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-30 14:02:20 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:09
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

187. T. W. Amsden. 1974. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian articulate brachiopods from Oklahoma, southwestern Illinois, and eastern Missouri. Bulletin - Oklahoma Geological Survey 119:1-154 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]