Onniella-Sowerbyella community, Kope and Clays Ferry Fms.: Edenian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
- Homocrinida
- Homocrinidae
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Ectenocrinus sp.
Miller 1889
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Crinoidea
- Heterocrinidae
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Heterocrinus sp.
Hall 1872
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Praenuculidae
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? Similodonta sp.
Soot-Ryen 1964
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| originally entered as "? Similodonta sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Modiolopsis sp.
Hall 1847
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Ambonychia sp.
Hall 1847
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dominant category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Cyclonema sp.
Hall 1852
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira sp.
Whitfield 1886
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| originally entered as "Lomphospira sp." | ||||||||||
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites sp.
von Schlotheim 1820
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Onniella sp.
Bancroft 1928
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dominant category | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia sp.
King 1850
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Retrorsirostra carleyi
(Hall 1860)
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| recombined as Dinorthis carleyi | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira sp.
Hall 1862
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Catazyga headi
(Billings 1862)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Rhynchotrema dentatum
(Hall 1847)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Holtedahlina sulcata
(Hall and Clarke 1892)
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| Strophomena sulcata | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella rugosus
(Meek 1873)
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| recombined as Sowerbyella rugosa | ||||||||||
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Thaerodonta clarkvillensis
(Foerste 1912)
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dominant category | |||||||||
| recombined as Eochonetes clarksvillensis | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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| small ramorse bryozoan | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Dekayia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Batostomellidae
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Bythopora sp.
Miller and Dyer 1878
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Hallopora sp.
Bassler 1911
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Aspidopora newberryi
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Constellariidae
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Constellaria sp.
Dana 1846
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
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Cryptostomata indet.
Vine 1884
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| frondose bryozoan | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Escharoporidae
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Escharopora sp.
Hall 1847
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| originally entered as "Escharapora sp." | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Flexicalymene sp.
Shirley 1936
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Trinucleidae
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Cryptolithus tesselata
(Green 1832)
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| corrected as Cryptolithus tessellatus | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Hamilton |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 84.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° South, 62.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 | *Local age/stage: | Edenian |
| Key time interval: | Edenian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 451.10000 - 450.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Cincinnatian (Edenian). Kope and Clay's Ferry Formations." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: "shales with interbedded ls and sltst (sh is 75% of fm.) (BA4). offshore (similar to Bretsky's offshore appalachian communities) - see Springer's Sowerbyella-Onniella communities" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"MacDaniel 1976, similar to Bretsky's offshore Appalachian communities." | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 349 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2017-01-07 19:17:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60930. | W. T. Fox. 1968. Quantitative paleoecologic analysis of fossil communities in the Richmond Group. Journal of Geology 76:613-640 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 61161 | R. P. MacDaniel. 1976. Upper Ordovician Sedimentary and Benthic Community patterns of the Cincinnati Arch area. 1-181 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen] |