Plum Brook Shale, Zone B: Givetian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Primiriopsis punctulifera
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Chordata indet.
Haeckel 1874
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| "plate" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes deflectus
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Stropheodonta demissa
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Ambocoelia umbonata
Conrad 1842
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Leiorhynchus kelloggi
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Pterothecidae
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Bellerophon lyra
Hall 1859
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| recombined as Phragmosphaera lyra | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Pleurotomaria planodorsalis
(Hall 1876)
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| synonym of Calvibembexia sulcomarginata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria rotalia
Hall 1862
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| recombined as Denayella rotalia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites triqueter
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Nuculites oblongatus
Conrad 1841
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula corbuliformis
Eames 1951
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= Nuculoidea corbuliformis
Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Amler 2004 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Praecardiidae
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Glyptocardia speciosa
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Grammysia bellatula
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Grammysia bisulcata
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Grammysia constricta
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Grammysia arcuata
(Conrad 1841)
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Bivalvia
- Sanguinolitidae
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Pholadella radiata
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Cypricardiniidae
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Cypricardinia indenta
(Conrad 1842)
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Modiomorpha subalata
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Bivalvia
- Actinodontida
- Nyassidae
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Nyassa recta
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus appressus
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Ostracoda
- Beyrichicopida
- Bolliidae
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Bollia sp.
Jones and Holl 1886
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bythocyprididae
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Bythocypris punctatus
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiidae
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Bairdia devonica
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Barychilinidae
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Barychilina sp.
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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Phacops rana
(Green 1832)
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| recombined as Eldredgeops rana | ||||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio |
| Coordinates: | 41.0° North, 83.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° South, 30.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Givetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Plum Brook Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Local series listed as Hamilton | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | poorly lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: Hard, blue-gray, argillaceous limestone within shale | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Formation is predominantly shale | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 6-8 inch thick zone | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76557 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Hearn, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-23 11:07:24 | Last modified: | 2008-06-23 13:11:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-23 11:07:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25890. | E.C. Stumm. 1942. Fauna and stratigraphic relations of the Prout Limestone and Plum Brook Shale of northern Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 16:549-563 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn] |
Secondary references:
| 84586 | M. R. W. Amler. 2004. Late Famennian bivalve, gastropod and bellerophontid molluscs from the Refrath 1 Borehole (Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath Syncline; Ardennes-Rhenish Massif, Germany). Courier Forschungs Institut Senckenberg 251:151-173 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |