Where: Delta County, Michigan (45.7° N, 87.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° S, 55.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Amorphognathus ordovicicus conodont zone, Ogontz Member (Stonington Formation), Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)
• Richmond Formation, Stonington beds, Ogontz "member" of beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; brown, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. C. Hussey. 1926. The Richmond Formation of Michigan. In E. S. McCartney (ed.), Michigan University Contributions from the Museum of Geology 2:113-188 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26313: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 12.10.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum Billings 1858 horn coral | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia sp. jellyfish | |
Crinoidea | |
Lichenocrinus tuberculatus Sea lily | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Proboscina auloporoides" = Tubulotrypa auloporoides
"Proboscina auloporoides" = Tubulotrypa auloporoides Nicholson 1875 | |
Rhombotrypa quadrata Rominger 1866 | |
Heterotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879 | |
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Platystrophia moritura" = Vinlandostrophia moritura, Platystrophia acutilirata, Platystrophia clarksvillensis
"Platystrophia moritura" = Vinlandostrophia moritura Cumings 1908
Platystrophia acutilirata Conrad 1842
Platystrophia clarksvillensis Foerste 1910 | |
Hebertella alveata Foerste 1909
Hebertella occidentalis Hall 1847 | |
"Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) subquadrata" = Plaesiomys subquadratus
"Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) subquadrata" = Plaesiomys subquadratus Hall 1847 | |
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"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847 Z. recurvirostris turgida and Z. recurvirostris noquettensis
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Strophomenata | |
"Strophomena neglecta" = Tetraphalerella neglecta, Strophomena parvula
"Strophomena neglecta" = Tetraphalerella neglecta James 1891
Strophomena parvula Foerste 1917 | |
"Rafinesquina breviusculus" = Megamyonia breviuscula
"Rafinesquina breviusculus" = Megamyonia breviuscula Foerste 1917 | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Craniata | |
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa Hall 1866 | |
Lingulata | |
Lophophorata | |
Cephalopoda | |
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |
Oncoceras sp. Hall 1847 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cyclora minuta" = Cyclonema minuta
"Cyclora minuta" = Cyclonema minuta Hall 1845 snail | |
Holopea aff. hubbardi Miller 1892 snail | |
Helicotoma brocki Foerste 1912 snail | |
Liospira micula Hall and Whitney 1862 snail | |
Lophospira sp., "Lophospira bicincta" = Lophospira milleri, "Lophospira aff. pulchella" = Lophospira perangulata
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
"Lophospira bicincta" = Lophospira milleri Miller 1877 snail
"Lophospira aff. pulchella" = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail | |
Trochonema wartheni Hussey 1926 snail | |
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Tergomya | |
? Scenella sp. Billings 1872 | |
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838 | |
"Archinacella kagawongensis" = Archinacella kagawongensis, "Archinacella simmonsi" = Archinacella kagawongensis
"Archinacella kagawongensis" = Archinacella kagawongensis Foerste 1924
"Archinacella simmonsi" = Archinacella kagawongensis Foerste 1924 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anomalodonta griffini" = Opisthoptera griffini, "Clionychia angusta" = Anoptera angusta, "Byssonychia elroyi" = Ambonychia
"Anomalodonta griffini" = Opisthoptera griffini Hussey 1926 clam
"Clionychia angusta" = Anoptera angusta Foerste 1918 clam
"Byssonychia elroyi" = Ambonychia clam | |
Pterinea (Caritodens) demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Cyrtodonta potteri clam
Cyrtodonta grandis Ulrich 1890 clam | |
Cuneamya miamiensis Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam | |
Colpomya colgateri, Modiolopsis valida, Modiolopsis noquettensis, Cymatonota cf. typicalis, Orthodesma cf. subangulatum, Orthodesma sp.
Colpomya colgateri clam
Modiolopsis valida clam
Cymatonota cf. typicalis Ulrich 1894 clam
Orthodesma sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam | |
Clidophorus ogontzensis pointed nut clam | |
Trilobita | |
Ceraurus simmonsi trilobite | |
Amphilichas ? cucullus Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite | |
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
Onchometopus sp. Schmidt 1898 trilobite |