Welleria-Dizyopleura community, Tonoloway Ls.: Pridoli, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Kloedenellidae
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Dizygopleura sp.
Ulrich and Bassler 1923
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Welleria sp.
Ulrich and Bassler 1923
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Ostracoda
- Leperditicopida
- Leperditiidae
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Leperditia sp.
Rouault 1851
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Ostracoda
- Leperditellocopida
- Aparchitidae
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Aparchites sp.
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Tentaculita
- Dacryoconarida
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Dacryoconarida indet.
Fisher 1962
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| styliolinids | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Hindella sp.
Davidson 1882
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Rhynchospirinidae
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Rhynchospira sp.
Hall 1859
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| replaced by Rhynchospirina | ||||||||||
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites sp.
von Schlotheim 1820
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Loxonema sp.
Phillips 1841
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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| originally entered as "Hormatoma sp." | ||||||||||
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Cystoidea
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Cystoidea indet.
von Buch 1846
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| some echinoderm debris | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 39.6° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.9° South, 14.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Pridoli |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pridoli | ||
| Age range of interval: | 423.00000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tonoloway Limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | peloidal "carbonate" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: "biopelsparite, meddium bedded, fossiliferous. subtidal, above wavebase, influenced by waves of moderate energy. calcareous algae present. BA3" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Warshauer and Smosna 1977" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 489 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-12-17 11:08:23 | Last modified: | 2017-01-07 23:23:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-17 11:08:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6990. | S. M. Warshauer and R. Smosna. 1977. Paleoecologic controls of the ostracode communities in the Tonoloway Limestone (Silurian; Pridoli) of the Central Appalachians. in H. Loffler and D. Danielopol, eds. Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil Ostracoda. W. Junk, The Hague 475-485 [M. Foote/M. Foote/J. Ju] |