Rockford Limestone Co. Mine, Louisville Ls.: Niagaran, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Marsupiocrinidae
Marsupiocrinus sp. Morris 1843
originally entered as "Marsipiocrinus sp."
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites sp. Goldfuss 1831
Rhombifera - Caryocrinitidae
3 species
Holocystitidae
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
Semicoscinium sp. Prout 1859
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
4 species
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentamerus sp. Sowerby 1813
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Rode and Lieberman 2004
impressa or iowensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Lingulata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Trimerella sp. Billings 1862
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cephalopoda - Barrandeocerida - Lechritrochoceratidae
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Hemiphragmoceratidae
Hexameroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Maelonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Phragmoceratidae
Phragmoceras sp. Broderip 1839
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
2 species
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Mercer
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 84.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.3° South, 92.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1-2
*Local age/stage:Niagaran
Key time interval: Niagaran
Age range of interval: 439.4 - 422.7 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Louisville Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: "M. Sil."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: dolomite
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: "dolomite and ls, reefy. Fort Wayne Bank. reef? ~BA3"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"R.H. Shaver, 1974. Silurian reefs of northern Indiana: reef and interreef macrofaunas. AAPG Bull. 58:934-956"
Metadata
Database number:475
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, A. Stigall Enterer:M. Sommers, A. Stigall
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-12-15 15:01:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1998-12-15 15:01:47
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
61149. R. H. Shaver. 1974. Silurian reefs of northern Indiana: reef and interreef macrofaunas. AAPG Bulletin 58:934-956 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

14402 A. L. Rode and B. S. Lieberman. 2004. Using GIS to unlock the interactions between biogeography, environment, and evolution in middle and Late Devonian brachiopods and bivalves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211(3-4):345-359 [A. Stigall/A. Stigall/A. Stigall]