Where: Illinois, Iowa (42.0° N, 90.5° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° S, 63.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: St. James Member (Ion Formation), Kirkfieldian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Catalani. 1987. Biostratigraphy of the Middle and Late Ordovician cephalopods of the Upper Mississippi Valley area. In R. E. Sloan (ed.), Middle and Late Ordovician lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Mississippi Valley: Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35 187-189 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23798: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 21.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Craniata | |
"Acanthocrania setigeria" = Acanthocrania setigera, Petrocrania trentonensis
| |
Lingulata | |
? Pseudolingula iowensis Owen 1844 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Platystrophia trentonensis McEwan 1919
Platystrophia amoena McEwan 1919 | |
Hesperorthis tricenaria Conrad 1843 | |
Glyptorthis bellarugosa Conrad 1843 | |
"Plaesiomys meedsi" = Dinorthis meedsi
"Plaesiomys meedsi" = Dinorthis meedsi Winchell and Schuchert 1892 | |
Skenidioides anthonense Sardeson 1894 | |
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847 | |
Strophomenata | |
Sowerbyella curdsvillensis Foerste 1912 | |
Rafinesquina trentonensis Hall 1847 | |
Oepikina minnesotensis Winchell 1881 | |
Strophomena septata Winchell and Schuchert 1892 | |
Trilobita | |
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite | |
Sceptaspis lincolnensis Branson 1909 trilobite
Eomonorachus intermedius Walcott 1879 trilobite |