Near Ion. Glyptorthis bellarugosa zonule (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Allamakee County, Minnesota (43.1° N, 91.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.5° S, 114.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ion Member (Decorah Formation), Rocklandian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; calcareous shale and limestone

• Beds of greenish, bedded, slightly calcareous shale with numerous intercalated 1-inch beds of purplish, coarse textured highly fossiliferous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the NYSM

Primary reference: G. M. Kay. 1929. Stratigraphy of the Decorah Formation. The Journal of Geology 37(7):639-671 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219965: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Raufella sp.
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris sp.
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
? Cytherella sp.
? Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina ventrosa
 Palaeocopida - Euprimitiidae
Primitiella cf. constricta
Primitiella cf. constricta Ulrich 1894 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Ceratopsis aff. chambersi, Tetradella sp., cf. Tetradella sp.
Ceratopsis aff. chambersi Miller 1874 ostracod
Tetradella sp. Ulrich 1890 ostracod
cf. Tetradella sp. Ulrich 1890 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Ctenonotellidae
? Steusloffia aff. signata, ? Steusloffia sp.
? Steusloffia sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1908 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Richinidae
Jonesella obscura
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Bollia unguloidea
 Palaeocopida - Drepanellidae
Scofieldia bilateralis, cf. Drepanella sp.
 Palaeocopida - Schmidtellidae
Schmidtella affinis, Schmidtella sp.
Schmidtella sp. Ulrich 1892 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
"? Cytherella rugosa" = Punctaparchites rugosus, "? Cytherella arcta" = Punctaparchites rugosus
"? Cytherella rugosa" = Punctaparchites rugosus Jones 1858 ostracod
"? Cytherella arcta" = Punctaparchites rugosus Jones 1858 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Halliella labiosa
 Palaeocopida - Eridoconchidae
Eridoconcha oboloides
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
Polychaeta
 Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus jamesi
Lepidocoleus jamesi Hall and Whitfield 1875 scale worm
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
"Arthropora bifurcata" = Graptodictya
"Arthropora bifurcata" = Graptodictya
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Rhinidictya exigua, Rhinidictya mutabilis, Pachydictya fimbriata, Pachydictya occidentalis
Rhinidictya mutabilis Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Arthroclema cornutum
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
Cyphotrypa informis
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Pholidops minor" = Craniops
"Pholidops minor" = Craniops
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonites (Sowerbyella) sp.
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena filitexta
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Rafinesquina inquassa" = Oepikina inquassa
"Rafinesquina inquassa" = Oepikina inquassa Sardeson 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp.
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Dalmanella rogata" = Paucicrura rogata
"Dalmanella rogata" = Paucicrura rogata Sardeson 1892
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
"Hebertella (Glyptorthis) bellarugosa" = Glyptorthis bellarugosa
"Hebertella (Glyptorthis) bellarugosa" = Glyptorthis bellarugosa Conrad 1843
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sweeneyi
Dinorthis sweeneyi Winchell 1881
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis tricenaria" = Hesperorthis tricenaria
"Orthis tricenaria" = Hesperorthis tricenaria Conrad 1843
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma corniculum
Streptelasma corniculum Hall 1847 horn coral