Plum Brook Shale, Zone D; Pipe Creek: Givetian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras erectum
(Hall 1843)
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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
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria boydi
(Conrad 1842)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Cyrtinidae
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Cyrtina hamiltonensis
(Hall 1857)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer pennatus
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| "Characteristic species"; Two subspecies: Spirifer pennatus and Spirifer pennatus"arkonensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Leiorhynchus kelloggi
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Leiorhynchus laura
(Billings 1860)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes setigerus
(Hall 1843)
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| recombined as Hallinetes setigera | ||||||||||
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Chonetes scitulus
(Hall 1857)
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| recombined as Devonochonetes scitulus | ||||||||||
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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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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Craniella hamiltonae
Hall 1867
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| synonym of Petrocrania hamiltoniae | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Cystodictyonidae
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Cystodictya incisurata
Hall 1887
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Hederellidae
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Hederella filiformis
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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,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 6 inch thick zone | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76564 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Hearn, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-23 11:36:32 | Last modified: | 2008-06-23 13:10:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-23 11:36:32 |
| 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] |