Olentangy Shale, Delaware.: Frasnian, Ohio
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Sporangites huronensis
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Cordaitales
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Callixylon newberryi
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus cf. rudis
(Hall 1876)
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Straparollus cf. hecale
(Hall 1876)
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Tornoceratidae
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Tornoceras uniangulare
(Conrad 1842)
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Cephalopoda
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? Anaptychus (? Spathiocaris) emersoni
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| synonym of Sidetes | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Agoniatitida
- Gephuroceratidae
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Manticoceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula sp.
Bruguiére 1797
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes minutus
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Reptariidae
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Reptaria stolonifera
Rolle 1851
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Hederellidae
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Hederella sp.
Hall 1883
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| Originally Hedrella; possible spelling error | ||||||||||
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites gracilistriatus
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Conodonta
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Conodonta indet.
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Melocrinitidae
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Melocrinus clarkei
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stereolasmatidae
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Lopholasma delawarensis
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Streptelasma sp.
Hall 1847
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Delaware |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 83.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° South, 31.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | Ammonoid zone: | Manticoceras |
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olentangy Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Delaware, Listed as Manticoceras age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified argillaceous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | concretionary lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Blue-gray, argillaceous shale with several thin layers of nodular limestone in the lower portion and black shales in the upper portion. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | -multiple events |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Size sorting: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Depauperate fauna, indeterminates are present. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74950 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Hearn |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-07 12:28:50 | Last modified: | 2019-11-16 15:49:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-07 12:28:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25286. | R. C. Baker. 1942. The age and fossils of the Olentangy Shale of central Ohio. American Journal of Science 240:137-143 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/M. Uhen] |