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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Faberia sp.
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 - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Trocholites sp. Conrad 1838
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Treptoceras sp. Flower 1942
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Cyclora sp. Hall 1845
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
2 species
    = Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
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
2 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
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
2 species
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Trematis sp. Sharpe 1848
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Escharopora sp. Hall 1847
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Coeloclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida
Nicholsonella sp. Ulrich 1890
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Peronopora sp. Nicholson 1881
2 species
Atactoporella sp. Ulrich 1883
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Proboscina sp. Audouin 1826
2 species
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa sp. Bassler 1911
2 species
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Petigopora sp.
synonym of Dekayia
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
3 species
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma sp. Levinsen 1909
originally entered as "Arthropora sp."
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
2 species - originally entered as "Spirobis sp."
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Serpulites sp.
Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha
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 - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866
Cyclocystoidea - Cyclocystoididae
Cyclocystoides sp. Salter and Billings 1858
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Dermatostroma sp. Parks 1910
2 species
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
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
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Middle 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:Mount Auburn
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "upper Maysvillian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,phosphatic,shelly/skeletal lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: nodular to thin and wavy bedded packstones and grainstones interbedded with very thin bedded mudstones. packstones and grainstones are skeletal and phosphatic.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "inner BA2 (S. Holland, pers. comm.)" 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:391
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:2017-01-02 04:03:27
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:

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