Harrison, Fairview Fm.: Maysvillian, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
2 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Cymatonota sp. Ulrich 1893
5 specimens
Psiloconcha sp. Ulrich 1894
13 specimens
synonym of Cymatonota
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Cuneamya sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Rhytimya sp. Ulrich 1893
6 specimens
2 species
Bivalvia - Lyrodesmatidae
Lyrodesma sp. Conrad 1841
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Cleidophorus sp. Hall 1847
2 specimens
synonym of Nuculites
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896
12 specimens
    = Sinuites cancellatus Hall 1847
Frey 1987
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
6 specimens
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936
4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Vigo
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 87.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.5° South, 61.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Local age/stage:Maysvillian
Key time interval:Maysvillian
Age range of interval:450.40000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fairview Member:Mt. Hope
Stratigraphy comments: "early Maysvillian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: "23 cm thick claystone bed (1 exposure). offshore. BA4?"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Frey, 1987b"
Metadata
Database number:376
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Wagner
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-07 16:20:11
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61146. R. C. Frey. 1987. The paleoecology of a Late Ordovician shale unit from southwest Ohio and southeastern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 61:242-267 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

11467 R. C. Frey. 1987. The occurrence of pelecypods in early Paleozoic epeiric-sea environments, Late Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Palaios 2(1):3-23 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]