03-BN-2.7: Richmondian, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Iocrinus sp. Hall 1866
1 individual
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
1 individual
encrusting
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
14 individuals
ramose
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia clarksvillensis Foerste 1910
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella occidentalis (Hall 1847)
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys subquadrata (Hall 1847)
2 individuals
recombined as Plaesiomys subquadratus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Hiscobeccus capax (Conrad 1842)
12 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena planumbona (Hall 1847)
8 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
6 individuals
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Union
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 84.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° South, 58.3° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Local age/stage:Richmondian
Key time interval:Richmondian
Age range of interval:449.80000 - 446.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Liberty
Local section:Brookville North Local bed:2.7 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: C5 sequence
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray lithified packstone
Secondary lithology:gray lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep subtidal ramp Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Collection size:50 individuals
Rock censused:1500 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:72437
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:S. Holland
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-04 11:43:04 Last modified:2007-06-04 14:43:04
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-04 11:43:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24429. S. M. Holland and M.E. Patzkowsky. 2007. Gradient ecology of a biotic invasion: biofacies of the type Cincinnatian Series (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region, USA. Palaios 22:408-423 [S. Holland/S. Holland]