03-R27-7.4: Richmondian, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma divaricans (Nicholson 1875)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caritodens sp.
2 individuals
synonym of Pterinea
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
1 individual
encrusting
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
26 individuals
ramose
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Hebertella occidentalis (Hall 1847)
6 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia acutilirata (Conrad 1842)
4 individuals
original and current combination Delthyris acutilirata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema dentatum (Hall 1847)
8 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
2 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Wayne
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 84.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.1° South, 58.0° 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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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:Whitewater Member:Upper
Local section:Richmond Local bed:7.4 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: C6 sequence
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,shelly/skeletal,gray lithified packstone
Secondary lithology:gray lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:open shallow subtidal 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:57 individuals
Rock censused:1250 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:72465
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:S. Holland
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-04 11:43:05 Last modified:2007-06-04 14:43:05
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-04 11:43:05
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]