Decorah Shale Ostracodes of Minnesota: Rocklandian - Shermanian, Minnesota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
Parabolbina antecedans
Parabolbina carinifera
Parabolbina staufferi
Winchellatia lansingensis
Winchellatia longispina
Winchellatia minnsotensis
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Halliella magnipunctata
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Punctaparchites rugosus (Jones 1858)
Leperditella macra
Leperditella millepunctata
Leperditella persimilis
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Bassleratiidae
Bassleratia typa
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
Cryptophyllus sulcatus
Cryptophyllus oboloides
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Bairdiocypris granti
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Krausella arcuata
Krausella curtispina
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
? Bythocypris curta
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Circulinidae
Pedomphalella intermedia
Pedomphalella subovata
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Dicranella bicornis
Dicranella marginata
Dicranella spinosa
Dicranella simplex
Dicranella typa
Parenthatia camerata
Parenthatia punctata
Bollia subaequata
Maratia sp. Kay 1940
Maratia mara
orig. Maratia mana
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Drepanellidae
Scofieldia bilateralis
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Pseudulrichia simplex
Aechmina ionensis
Byrsolopsina centipunctata
Byrsolopsina normella
Byrsolopsina ovata
Byrsolopsina planilateralis
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Schmidtellidae
Paraschmidtella uphami
Parschmidtella uphami
Schmidtella affinis
Schmidtella brevis
Easchmidtella umbonata (Ulrich 1894)
original and current combination Schmidtella umbonata
Eoschmidtella umbonata
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Aparchites carinatus
Aparchites chatfieldensis
Aparchites ellipticus
Aparchites fimbriatus
Aparchites macrus
Aparchites paratumida
Saccelatia angularis
Saccelatia arcuamuralis
Saccelatia arrecta
Saccelatia bullata
Saccelatia cletifera
Bullatella granlabiatus
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Primitiopsidae
? Primitiopsis bella
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina minutifoveata
Eurychilina partifimbriata
Eurychilina reticulata
Eurychilina subradiata
Eurychilina ventrosa
Nodambichilina symmetrica (Ulrich 1894)
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
Hallatia convexa
Hallatia duplicata
Euprimitia labiosa
Euprimitia linepunctata
? Euprimitia celata
Euprimitia sanctipauli
Laccoprimitia fillmorensis
Primitiella plattevillensis
Primitiella sp. Ulrich 1894
Primitiella constricta Ulrich 1894
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Ceratopsis humilinoda
Ceratopsis quadrifida
Bromidella depressa
Bromidella rhomboides
Bellornatia tricollis
Tetradella ellipsilira
Tetradella ulrichi
Raymondatia goniglypta
Rigidella sp. Opik 1937
Thomasatia falcicosta
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tvaerenellidae
Hesperidella initialis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Minnesota
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 94.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.8° South, 62.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
*Period:Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician *Local age/stage:Rocklandian - Shermanian
Key time interval:Rocklandian - Shermanian
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Decorah Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23174
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:T. Hanson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-10 08:58:53 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:05:03
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-10 08:58:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6656. F. M. Swain. 1987. Middle and Upper Ordovician Ostracoda of Minnesota and Iowa. In R. E. Sloan (ed.), Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35:99-101 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]