North lake shore bioherm, Kelleys Island, Lucas Dolostone (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 2443

Where: Ohio (41.6° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 29.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lucas Dolostone Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Early Eifelian, uppermost Lucas Dolostone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone

• 1.5 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. W. Bjerstedt and R. M. Feldmann. 1985. Stromatoporoid paleosynecology in the Lucas Dolostone (Middle Devonian) on Kelleys Island, Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 59(5):1033-1061 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62900: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
? Habrostroma beachvillensis stromatoporoid sponge
Habrostroma larocquei stromatoporoid sponge
Habrostroma marpleae stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma cylindricum stromatoporoid sponge
Syringostroma densum stromatoporoid sponge
Syringostroma nodulatum stromatoporoid sponge
Syringostroma pustulosum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma columnare stromatoporoid sponge
Anostylostroma laxum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon confertum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Pseudoactinodictyon stearni stromatoporoid sponge
Pseudoactinodictyon vagans stromatoporoid sponge