Rafinesquina-Zygospira community, Richmond Group (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Indiana (38.9° N, 86.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.1° S, 114.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

• "Richmond Group" (no formation name given)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "shales. rel. deep but not as deep as crinoid-trilobite community. stable interior craton"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. T. Fox. 1968. Quantitative paleoecologic analysis of fossil communities in the Richmond Group. Journal of Geology 76:613-640 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 400: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 03.12.1998

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Taxonomic list

• "Fox, 1968. J. Geol. 76:613-640. Richards."
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Edrioasteroidea
  - Hemicystitidae
Carneyella sp.
Carneyella sp. Forste 1916
Stenolaemata
 Tubuliporata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp.
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
 Tubuliporata - Oncousoeciidae
Proboscina sp.
Proboscina sp. Audouin 1826
 Tubuliporata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp.
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
originally entered as "Berencia sp."
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Homotrypella sp., Atactoporella sp.
Homotrypella sp. Ulrich 1886
Atactoporella sp. Ulrich 1883
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramoporella sp.
Ceramoporella sp. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Bythopora sp.
Bythopora sp. Miller and Dyer 1878
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
"Petigopora sp." = Dekayia
"Petigopora sp." = Dekayia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
originally entered as "Peligopora sp."
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra sp., Petrocrania sp.
Philhedra sp. Koken 1889
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp., Rafinesquina sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp.
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
2 species
Bivalvia
 Nuculoida -
"Nuculoida indet." = Nuculida
"Nuculoida indet." = Nuculida Dall 1889 clam
nuculoids
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia sp.
Labechia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stromatoporoid sponge