Where: Ohio (41.7° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° S, 31.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Silica Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, gray limestone
Primary reference: R. V. Kesling and R. B. Chilman. 1975. Strata and megafossils of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 8:1-408 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 38450: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Favosites hamiltonae tabulate coral
Favosites turbinatus tabulate coral
Emmonsia arbuscula tabulate coral
Emmonsia radiciformis tabulate coral | |
Cladopora roemeri Billings 1860 tabulate coral | |
Aulocystis auloporoidea tabulate coral | |
Cystiphylloides americanum horn coral | |
Hexagonaria anna horn coral
Hexagonaria stewartae horn coral
Hexagonaria tabulata horn coral
Hexagonaria truncata horn coral | |
Cylindrophyllum delicatulum horn coral | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Elytha sp." = Elita
"Elytha sp." = Elita | |
Tropidoleptus carinatus Conrad 1839 | |
Pseudoatrypa cf. devoniana Webster 1921
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Strophodonta "demissa"" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa, Megastrophia concava
"Strophodonta "demissa"" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa Conrad 1842 | |
Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839 | |
Bivalvia | |
Gosseletia triquetra Conrad 1838 clam | |
Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) boydi Conrad 1842 oyster
Ptychopteria flabellum oyster | |
Paracyclas proavia Goldfuss 1834 clam | |
Modiomorpha mytiloides Conrad 1841 clam
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Acleistoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Centroceras sp. Hyatt 1884 nautiloid | |
? Nephriticeras sp. Hyatt 1884 | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium cuneus" = Hoareicardia cunea
"Conocardium cuneus" = Hoareicardia cunea Conrad 1840 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) lineatum" = Platyostoma lineata
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) lineatum" = Platyostoma lineata Conrad 1842 snail | |
Loxonematidae sp. Koken 1889 snail | |
Trilobita | |
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite |