Concrete layer, Whitewater Fm., Saluda Tongue: Richmondian, Indiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Sigmatosclerophorida - Dystactospongiidae
Dystactospongia sp. Miller 1882
    = Dystactospongia madisonensis Foerste 1909
Frey 1987
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
Coelochilina striatomarginata
Frey 1987
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851
    = Leperditia caecigenia
Frey 1987
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Isochilina sp. (Jones 1858)
    = Isochilina subnodosa
Frey 1987
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
    = Isotelus maximus Locke 1838
Frey 1987
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
? Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909
originally entered as "? Pseudolingula sp."
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
    = Batostoma varians
Frey 1987
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
    = Homotrypa wortheni
Frey 1987
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Schizolopha sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
    = Schizolopha tropidophora Meek 1873
Frey 1987
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Sphenosphaera sp. Knight 1945
    = Sphenosphaera mohri Miller 1874
Frey 1987
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oonoceratidae
Oonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
    = Oonoceras fennemani
Frey 1987
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae
Manitoulinoceras sp. Foerste 1924
    = Manitoulinoceras gyroforme Flower 1946
Frey 1987
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Gorbyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
    = Gorbyoceras duncanae
Frey 1987
Bivalvia - Colpomyida - Colpomyidae
Pseudocolpomya sp. Frey 1987
    = Pseudocolpomya elongata Ulrich 1890
Frey 1987
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caritodens sp.
    = Caritodens demissa Conrad 1842
Frey 1987
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847
    = Ambonychia robusta
Frey 1987
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875
    = Orthodesma curvatum
Frey 1987
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Rhytimya sp. Ulrich 1893
    = Rhytimya byrnesis
Frey 1987
unclassified
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
    = Tetradium ontario Hall 1884
Frey 1987
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Indiana County:Franklin
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 85.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° South, 58.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Katian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Local age/stage:Richmondian
Key time interval: Richmondian
Age range of interval: 449.8 - 446 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Whitewater Member:Saluda Tongue
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Richmondian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "30 cm massive micritic ls. shallow water, restricted low energy lagoonal facies that developed behind a coral-algal bank. BA2 close to BA1"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Frey 1987b"
Metadata
Database number:374
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Wagner
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-07 16:15:22
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
61146. R. C. Frey. 1987. The paleoecology of a Late Ordovician shale unit from southwest Ohio and southeastern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 61:242-267 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

11467 R. C. Frey. 1987. The occurrence of pelecypods in early Paleozoic epeiric-sea environments, Late Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Palaios 2(1):3-23 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]