Bedford Reservation Sample Bed 1: Late/Upper Famennian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
originally entered as "Orthoceras" sp."
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
    = informal Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
corrected as Bellerophontoidea
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus cyrtolites (Hall 1858)
recombined as Vorticina cyrtolites
Gastropoda - Archaeogastropoda
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925
originally entered as "Pleurotomaria" sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon irvinensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo bedfordensis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
originally entered as "Schuchertella" sp."
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
originally entered as "Rhynchopora" sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris bedfordensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia norwoodi
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula melie
Lingula meeki Herrick 1888
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea newberryi
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Cuyahoga
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 81.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.8° South, 29.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Famennian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 5
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Famennian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Famennian
Age range of interval:364.70000 - 360.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bedford Shale
Local section:Bedford Reservation Local bed:1
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray calcareous "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3442
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Wagner Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Wagner
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-02 10:07:17 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:10
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

195. J. C. Pashin and F. R. Ettensohn. 1992. Paleoecology and sedimentology of the dysaerobic Bedford fauna (Late Devonian), Ohio and Kentucky (USA). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 91:21-34 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]