Where: Delta County, Michigan (45.7° N, 86.9° 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: 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 26315: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 12.10.2002, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum Billings 1858 horn coral | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Strophomena parvula Foerste 1917 | |
"Plectambonites rugosus" = Sowerbyella rugosa
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Rhynchonellata | |
Hebertella occidentalis Hall 1847
Hebertella richmondensis Foerste 1909 | |
Platystrophia acutilirata, "Platystrophia moritura" = Vinlandostrophia moritura
Platystrophia acutilirata Conrad 1842
"Platystrophia moritura" = Vinlandostrophia moritura Cumings 1908 | |
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Gastropoda | |
Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838 | |
Bivalvia | |
Vanuxemia strattoni clam | |
"Byssonychia obesa" = Ambonychia obesa
"Byssonychia obesa" = Ambonychia obesa Ulrich 1895 clam |