Liberty Formation, Cincinnati Arch: Richmondian - Ashgill, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Sarcinulida
- Syringophyllidae
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Calapoecia sp.
Billings 1865
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2 species | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Lichenariida
- Lyoporidae
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Lyopora sp.
Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Coccoserididae
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Protaraea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Columnariidae
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Columnaria sp.
Goldfuss 1826
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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Favistella sp.
Dana 1846
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2 species | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Streptelasma sp.
Hall 1847
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2 species - originally entered as "Strepelasma sp." | ||||||||||
Scyphozoa
- Conulariida
- Conulariidae
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Conularia sp.
Miller 1820
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Aulaceratidae
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Beatricea sp.
Billings 1857
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2 species | ||||||||||
Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Stromatoceriidae
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Stromatocerium sp.
Hall 1847
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Demospongiae
- Streptosclerophorida
- Hindiidae
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Hindia sp.
Duncan 1879
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Hexactinellida
- Lyssacinosa
- Brachiospongiidae
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Brachiospongia sp.
Marsh 1867
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Asteroidea
- Euaxosida
- Palasterinidae
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Petraster sp.
Billings 1858
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Asteroidea
- Euaxosida
- Mesopalaeasteridae
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Mesopalaeaster sp.
Schuchert 1914
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Asteroidea
- Hadrosida
- Hudsonasteridae
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Hudsonaster sp.
Stürtz 1899
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Asteroidea
- Hadrosida
- Promopalaeasteridae
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Promopalaeaster sp.
Schuchert 1914
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4 species | ||||||||||
Anorthaster sp.
Schuchert 1915
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Asteroidea
- Hadrosida
- Urasterellidae
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Urasterella sp.
McCoy 1851
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Ophiuroidea
- Oegophiurida
- Protasteridae
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Taeniaster sp.
Billings 1858
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Alepidaster sp.
Meek 1872
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Edrioasteroidea
- Hemicystitidae
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Hemicystites sp.
Hall 1852
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Edrioasteroidea
- Pyrgocystidae
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Streptaster sp.
Hall 1872
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Crinoidea
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Lichenocrinus sp.
Hall 1866
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3 species | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Rhodocrinitidae
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Rhaphanocrinus sp.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Glyptocrinidae
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? Glyptocrinus sp.
Hall 1847
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originally entered as "? Glyptocrinus sp." | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Xenocrinidae
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Xenocrinus sp.
Miller 1881
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Tanaocrinidae
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Tanaocrinus typus
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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Compsocrinus sp.
Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
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2 species | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Reteocrinidae
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Reteocrinus sp.
Billings 1859
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Crinoidea
- Dendrocrinida
- Dendrocrinidae
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Dendrocrinus sp.
Hall 1852
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Eurypterida
- Megalograptidae
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Megalograptus sp.
Miller 1874
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Flexicalymene sp.
Shirley 1936
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Ceraurinus sp.
Barton 1913
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pterygometopidae
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Chasmops sp.
M'Coy 1849
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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2 species | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Faberia sp.
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Trilobita
- Lichida
- Lichidae
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? Acrolichas sp.
Foerste 1919
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originally entered as "? Acrolichas sp." | ||||||||||
Arctinurus sp.
Castelnau 1843
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Dawsonoceratidae
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Anaspyroceras sp.
Shimizu and Obata 1935
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Michelinoceras sp.
Foerste 1932
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2 species | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Proteoceratidae
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Treptoceras sp.
Flower 1942
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Gonioceratidae
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Lambeoceras sp.
Foerste 1917
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Armenoceratidae
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Armenoceras sp.
Foerste 1924
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Cephalopoda
- Endocerida
- Endoceratidae
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Endoceras sp.
Hall 1847
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Spyroceratidae
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Spyroceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Diestoceratidae
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Diestoceras sp.
Foerste 1924
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Cephalopoda
- Ascocerida
- Probillingsitidae
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Probillingsites sp.
Foerste 1928
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira sp.
Whitfield 1886
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4 species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Microceras sp.
Hall 1845
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Holopeidae
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Cyclora sp.
Hall 1845
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4 species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Sinuitidae
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Sinuites sp.
Koken 1896
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Polychaeta
- Eunicemorpha
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Nereidavus sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyonidae
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Dicranopora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Escharoporidae
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Graptodictya sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Arthrostylidae
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Helopora sp.
Hall 1851
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Ceramoporidae
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Ceramoporella sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Corynotrypidae
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Corynotrypa sp.
Bassler 1911
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2 species | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Oncousoeciidae
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Proboscina sp.
Audouin 1826
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Stigmatella sp.
Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Batostomellidae
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Bythopora sp.
Miller and Dyer 1878
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2 species | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Trematoporidae
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Batostoma sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Peronopora sp.
Nicholson 1881
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Homotrypa sp.
Ulrich 1882
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2 species | ||||||||||
Homotrypella sp.
Ulrich 1886
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Amplexoporidae
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Rhombotrypa sp.
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2 species | ||||||||||
Amplexopora sp.
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2 species | ||||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Ctenostomata
- Ropalonariidae
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Ropalonaria sp.
Ulrich 1879
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originally entered as "Rhopalonaria sp." | ||||||||||
Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Trematidae
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Trematis sp.
Sharpe 1848
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2 species | ||||||||||
Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Petrocrania sp.
Raymond 1910
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2 species | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Hiscobeccus sp.
Amsden 1983
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originally entered as "Hiscobecus sp." | ||||||||||
Rhynchotrema sp.
Hall 1860
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Lepidocyclus sp.
Wang 1949
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originally entered as "Lepidocyclas sp." | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Hebertella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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3 species | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia sp.
King 1850
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3 species | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira sp.
Hall 1862
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Leptaena sp.
Dalman 1828
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Strophomena sp.
Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
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4 species | ||||||||||
Tentaculitida
- Cornulitidae
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Cornulites sp.
Schlotheim 1820
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
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Pasceolus sp.
Billings 1857
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unclassified
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Tetradium sp.
Dana 1846
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Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 84.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° South, 58.0° West | ||
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late Ordovician |
Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Ordovician | *Epoch: | Middle Ashgill - Late/Upper Ashgill | *Local age/stage: | Richmondian |
Key time interval: | Richmondian - Ashgill | ||
Age range of interval: | 449.8 - 443.8 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Liberty |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
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 limestone and mudstone, in roughly equal proportions. mudstone thin bedded and poorly fossiliferous. limestone consists of thin to medium bedded skeltal packstones and grainstones, and calcisiltite. skeletal grainstones commonly cross-bedded and megarippled. calcisiltites commonly with planar lamination, hummocky cross-lamination, tool marks, and trace fossils. | |||
Environment: | deep subtidal ramp | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Geology comments: "BA3 (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 |
Collection method comments: "Dalve (1948)" |
Metadata
Database number: | 393 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-03-13 16:10:09 | Last modified: | 2017-01-08 00:04:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-13 16:10:09 |
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] |