Silica Formation Unit 15 (Devonian of the United States)
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; gray, calcareous shale
• Overall sequence: Bioclastic limestone; argillaceous limestone; shale. This unit: "shale, calcareous, gray"
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 38466: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Planalveolitella parasitica tabulate coral | |
Strophomenata | |
"Strophodonta erratica" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Strophodonta "demissa"" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa, Pholidostrophia gracilis, Pholidostrophia nacrea
"Strophodonta erratica" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta "demissa"" = Strophodonta (Strophodonta) demissa Conrad 1842 | |
Protoleptostrophia sp. Caster 1939
Protoleptostrophia perplana Conrad 1839 | |
? Devonochonetes scitulus Hall 1857 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cupularostrum "sp. B" Sartenaer 1961 | |
Schizophoria sp. King 1850 | |
Rhipidomella vanuxemi Hall 1857 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Anomalotoechus sp. Duncan 1939 | |