Bear Creek Quarry, (BC7), Kope Formation, Chile, Ohio: Caradocian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Proteoceratidae
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Treptoceras duseri
(Hall and Whitfield 1875)
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1 individual | |||||||||
1 phragmocone with recrystallized shell | ||||||||||
Tergomya
- Cyrtonellida
- Cyrtolitidae
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Cyrtolites claysferryensis
(Wahlman 1992)
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Novack-Gottshall and Miller 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
1 recrystallized specimen | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira ? bowdeni
(Safford 1869)
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Novack-Gottshall and Miller 2003 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
recombined as Paupospira bowdeni | ||||||||||
3 internal molds, specimens slightly shorter than typical Lophospira (=Pauopspira) bowdeni | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Sinuitidae
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Sinuites granistriatus
(Ulrich and Scofield 1897)
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Novack-Gottshall and Miller 2003 | 10 individuals | ||||||||
10 intact shells, all internal molds | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Plectonotidae
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Tetranota bidorsata
(Hall 1847)
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Novack-Gottshall and Miller 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
1 recrystallized specimen | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Ambonychia sp.
Hall 1847
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Novack-Gottshall and Miller 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
1 valve, unsure whether internal mold or cast | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina alternata
(Conrad 1838)
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1 individual | |||||||||
1 pedicle valve | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Onniella multisecta
(James 1871)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Cincinnetina multisecta | ||||||||||
3 pedicle valves | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira modesta
(Hall 1847)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
2 articulated specimens | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Halloporidae indet.
Bassler 1911
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5 %-area | |||||||||
Smooth, thick, branching halloporid bryozoans, fragmented | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus ? maximus
Locke 1838
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1 %-area | |||||||||
Fragmented | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Washington |
Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 84.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° South, 62.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4 | ||
Key time interval: | Caradocian | ||
Age range of interval: | 460.90000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kope | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Edenian age. Sample #7 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified wackestone | ||
Secondary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: Lenticular, mollusc-rich wackestone/packstone in thick shale bed. | |||
Environment: | offshore shelf | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Geology comments: Sequence C1 (from Holland and Patzkowsky, 1996) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,recrystallized,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Size sorting: | poor |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
Collection size: | 23 specimens |
Rock censused: | 4997 g |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Bulk collection made in field and weighed, cleaned, prepped, and identified in lab at University of Cincinnati. Sample dimensions are 935.5 square-cm, weighing 4997 grams. At least 23 specimens counted; 23 individuals estimated (using half of total disarticulated specimens with two parts plus number of articulated/intact specimens). Fragmented trepostome bryozoans and fragmented trilobites were counted as estimated percent cover using standard percent cover reference chart. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Representative samples (standards) of species used for taxonomic identification reference are stored at the University of Cincinnati. Many unidentifiable bivalves are not included in taxonomic list. |
Metadata
Database number: | 64476 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-09 07:37:38 | Last modified: | 2006-09-09 10:37:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-09 07:37:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18187. | P. M. Novack-Gottshall. 1999. Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati). 1-191 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |
Secondary references:
18186 | P. M. Novack-Gottshall and A.I. Miller. 2003. Taxonomic richness and abundance of Late Ordovician gastropods and bivalves in mollusc-rich strata of the Cincinnati Arch. Palaios 18:559-571 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |