Mt. Hope community, Mt. Hope Fm., Cincinnati Arch, Cincinnati region: Maysvillian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Achatella sp. Delo 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus sp. Green 1832
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838
2 species
Tentaculita - Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Vaupelia sp. Flower 1946
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Troedssonoceras sp. Foerste 1928
2 species
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Treptoceras sp. Flower 1942
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845
4 species
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852
2 species
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896
Gastropoda
Microceras sp. Hall 1845
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886
3 species
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Schizolopha sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites sp. Conrad 1838
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Cleidophorus sp. Hall 1847
synonym of Nuculites
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852
3 species
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caritodens sp.
synonym of Pterinea
2 species
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida
Sphenolium sp. Miller 1889
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
? Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847
originally entered as "? Modiolopsis sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
3 species
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
2 species
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholadopsis sp.
originally entered as "Pholidops sp."
    = Pholidops sp. Hall 1859
Hendy 2008
synonym of Craniops
Not Pholadopsis (Cenozoic Bivalvia), but Pholidops (Ordovician Brachiopoda)
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
2 species
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
2 species
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Arthrostylus sp. Ulrich 1888
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyonidae
Dicranopora sp.
2 species
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
2 species
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma sp. Levinsen 1909
originally entered as "Arthropora sp."
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
originally entered as "Spirobis sp."
Polychaeta - Leodicidae
Eunicites sp. Ehlers 1868
originally entered as "Lumbriconereites sp."
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Serpulites sp.
Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha
Arabellites sp.
Nereidavus sp.
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus sp. Faber 1886
Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Promopalaeasteridae
Promopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914
Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Mesopalaeaster sp. Schuchert 1914
Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Alepidaster sp. Meek 1872
synonym of Taeniaster
Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Homocrinidae
Ectenocrinus sp. Miller 1889
Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866
Crinoidea
Lichenocrinus sp. Hall 1866
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Brachiospongiidae
Brachiospongia sp. Marsh 1867
Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia sp. Duncan 1879
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 84.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.6° South, 60.0° West
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Epoch:Early/Lower Ashgill
*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
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "lower Maysvillian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:hummocky CS,planar lamination,tool marks,shelly/skeletal lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: interbedded mudstones and limestones in roughly equal proportions. mudstones thin-bedded. limestones consist of thin to medium-bedded calcisiltites, skeletal packstones, and skeletal grainstones. skeletal grainstones commonly cross-bedded and megarippled. calcisiltites with hummocky cross-stratification and planar lamination, tool marks, and trace fossils.
Environment:deep subtidal ramp Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "BA3 (S.Holland, pers.comm.); receptaculitids present" Additional Geographic, Stratigraphic, and Geologic Information added by S.M. Holland, 23 September 1999, as well as the complete species-level lists of Dalve, 1948.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Dalve 1948"
Metadata
Database number:387
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, A. Hendy Enterer:M. Sommers, A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-02 03:46:50
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
316. E. Dalve. 1948. The fossil fauna of the Ordovician in the Cincinnati Region. University Museum, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Cincinnati 1-56 [S. Holland/S. Holland/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]