Dodge's Creek: Richmondian, Ohio
collected by P. H. Dunn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Protarea sp.
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Streptelasma sp.
Hall 1847
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Lophiostromatidae
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Dermatostroma sp.
Parks 1910
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Ceramoporidae
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Ceramoporella sp.
Ulrich 1882
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Corynotrypidae
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Corynotrypa sp.
Bassler 1911
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Monticulipora sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Mesotrypa sp.
Ulrich 1893
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| encrusting on shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Endocerida
- Narthecoceratidae
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Narthecoceras dunni n. sp.
Frey 1981
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MU 262T (holotype) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vermiforichnus cf. clarkei
Cameron 1969
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| borings in the shell of Narthecoceras dunni | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Preble |
| Coordinates: | 39.6° North, 84.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.3° South, 58.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Richmondian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 449.80000 - 446.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Whitewater | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: " [...] strata located 2 m above the main body of the Saluda Tongue (above the Tetradium Zone) within the thin, slabby fossiliferous limestones of the White- water Formation (Upper Ordovician, Richmondian)."
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tabular "limestone" | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: " [...] shallow subtidal marine conditions with relatively low rates of sedimentation." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | P. H. Dunn |
| Collection method comments: MU = Limper Museum of Geology at Miami University | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Oxford | ||
| Database number: | 89538 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-05-29 09:42:44 | Last modified: | 2009-05-29 12:47:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-05-29 09:42:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30019. | R. C. Frey. 1981. Narthecoceras (Cephalopoda) from the Upper Ordovician (Richmondian) of Southwest Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 55(6):1217-1224 [B. Kröger/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 24575 | R. C. Frey. 1995. Middle and Upper Ordovician nautiloid cephalopods of the Cincinnati Arch region of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066P:1-126 [S. Holland/S. Holland] |