Delphi Reef, Indiana: Niagaran, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhombifera - Caryocrinitidae
Caryocrinites sp. Say 1825
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Pycnosaccus sp.
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Calliocrinus cornutus
Calliocrinus cornutus
subspecies excavatus
unclassified
Monomorella sp.
Lechritochoceras desplainense
Protokoinoceras sp.
Protokoinoceras medullare
Trimoceras gilberti
Crotalocrinus cora
Periechocrinites sp.
Conodonta
Spathognathodus cf. snadjri
Trilobita
informal Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus indianaensis
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerexochus romingeri Hall 1868
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839
Bumastus insignis (Hall 1865)
Cephalopoda
informal Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae
Ascoceras newberryi
Ascoceras wabashense
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Trimeroceratidae
Pentameroceras cumingsi
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Hemiphragmoceratidae
Hexameroceras cacabiforme
Hexameroceras delphicolum
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida
Gomphoceras projectum
Gomphoceras wabashense
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Phragmoceratidae
Protophragmoceras hercules
subspecies carrollensis
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras annulatum (Sowerby 1818)
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras cancellatum
Kionoceras delphiense
Gastropoda
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
    = Gastropoda sp. Cuvier 1795
Wagner 2023
could be anything
    = informal Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Wagner 2023
informal Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Pleurotomaria eloroidea Kindle 1903
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Eotomaria laphami (Whitfield 1878)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Loxoplocus (Loxophospira) sp. Fischer 1885
    = Lophospiridae sp. Wenz 1938
Wagner 2023
“Loxophospira” a misspelling of Lophospira
    = Lophospiridae indet. Wenz 1938
Wagner 2023
Schizolopha sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
    = Schizolopha prosseri Kindle 1903
Kindle 1903
Kindle named this in the description....
    = Schizolopha prosseri Kindle 1903
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Turritoma laphami (Hall 1860)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus sp. (Hall 1868)
Tremanotus chicagoensis (McChesney 1859)
    = Tremanotus chicagoensis McChesney 1859
Kindle 1903
    = Tremanotus chicagoensis McChesney 1859
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus alatus (Kindle 1903)
Euomphalus alatus limatoideus
    = Euomphalopterus alatus Wahlenberg 1821
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Pleurotomaria hoyi Hall 1861
Oriostoma cf. huntingtonensis Kindle 1903
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalomus canadensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832
Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Dinobolus cf. conradi
Trimerella sp. Billings 1862
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella hybrida
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Atrypa cf. reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
Conchidium cf. biolularis
Conchidium laqueatum
Conchidium exporrecta
Conchidium exporrecta
subspecies myrtia
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Kirkidium laqueatum
Kirkidium spp. Amsden et al. 1967
Kirkidium cf. knighti (Sowerby 1813)
Pentamerus oblungus
subspecies cylindricus
? Apopentamerus sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Spirifer (Eospirifer) radiatus Sowerby 1834
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella subplana
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella williamsi
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
Fletcheria spp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Arachnophyllum cf. striatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Neozaphrentis sp. Grove 1935
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites labyrinthicus
Halysites catenularia (Linnaeus 1767)
microporus
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites cf. laqueata
unclassified
Cyclospongia discus Miller 1891
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
informal Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 86.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.1° South, 52.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1-2
*Period:Middle Silurian - Late/Upper Silurian *Epoch:Wenlock
*Local age/stage:Niagaran
Key time interval: Niagaran
Age range of interval: 440.1 - 422.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Louisville
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Devonian rocks (Traverse Fm) unconformably overlie the peripheral area of the reef
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1863
Database number:22818
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:B. Bookhagen, P. Wagner
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-27 03:45:08 Last modified:2004-02-04 14:28:45
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-27 03:45:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6575. A. W. Archer, D. J. Bottjer, A. S. Horrowitz, S. MKelly, D. L. Krisher and R. H. Shaver. 1980. Stratigraphy, structure, and zonation of large Silurian reef at Delphi, Indiana. AAPG Bulletin 64(1):115-131 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

16089 E. M. Kindle. 1903. The stratigraphy and paleontology of the Niagara of northern Indiana. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 28:401-486 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]