Hesperorthis-Sinuites Community: Caradoc, Wisconsin
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lambelasmatidae
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Lambeophyllum sp.
Okulitch 1938
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Campylorthis sp.
Ulrich and Copper 1942
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Hesperorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Rhynchotrema sp.
Hall 1860
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Opikina sp.
Salmon 1942
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Strophomena sp.
Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cyrtodontidae
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Vanuxemia sp.
Billings 1858
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Michelinoceras sp.
Foerste 1932
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Actinoceratidae
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Actinoceras sp.
Bronn 1837
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Sinuitidae
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Sinuites sp.
Koken 1896
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Phragmolites sp.
Conrad 1838
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Helicotomidae
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Ophiletina sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Liospira sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira sp.
Whitfield 1886
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Trochonematidae
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Trochonema sp.
Salter 1859
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Ostracoda
- Leperditicopida
- Leperditiidae
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Eoleperditia sp.
Swartz 1949
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Illaenus sp.
Dalman 1827
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus sp.
Emmrich 1844
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Ceraurus sp.
Green 1832
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wisconsin |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 90.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.8° South, 63.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Caradoc | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Platteville | Formation: | McGregor | Member: | Mifflin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Was: Platteville Formation, McGregor Member, Mifflin Submember | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | packstone |
| Lithology description: pelletal mudstone-packstone approximately 10 m thick. Fossils were collected from coquinas. | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mifflin Submember, Platteville Fm, SW Wisconsin, Hesperorthis-Sinuites | ||
| Database number: | 55474 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-26 10:54:21 | Last modified: | 2018-08-13 16:24:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-26 10:54:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14962. | C. W. Byers and S. Gavlin. 1979. Two contemporaneous equilibrium communities in the Ordovician of Wisconsin. Lethaia 12:297-305 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug] |