Classification Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Euomphalina Family: Platyceratidae (Hall, 1859) Cincinnatian Genera: Cyclonema Geologic Range Middle Ordovician – Middle Permian Common Paleoecology Platyceratidae is an extinct family of passively mobile epifaunal detritivores. Description of the Family Earlier members turbiniform …
Classification Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Craniata Order: Craniida Family: Craniidae Genus: Petrocrania Species: Petrocrania scabiosa (Hall, 1868) [accordions title=”” disabled=”false” active=”1″ autoheight=”false” collapsible=”true”] [accordion title=”Taxonomic Details”] Formerly: Crania scabiosa (Hall, 1868) [/accordion] [/accordions] Stratigraphic Occurrences Geographic Occurrences Map point data provided …
Classification Phylum: Bryozoa Class: Stenolaemata Order: Cyclostomata Genus: Cuffeyella Species: Cuffeyella arachnoidea (Hall, 1847) [accordions title=”” disabled=”false” active=”1″ autoheight=”false” collapsible=”true”] [accordion title=”Taxonomic Details”] Originally: Aulopora arachnoidea Includes:Stomatopora arachnoidea, Aulopora frondosa James, 1873, Alecto frondosa, Proboscina frondosa, Stomatopora frondosa, Alecto auloporoides Nicholson, 1875, …
Alexander, R.R. 1983. Comparative hydrodynamic stability of brachiopod shells on current-scoured arenaceous substrates. Lethaia, vol. 17, p. 17-32. Amsden, T.W. 1983. The Late Ordovician brachiopod genera Lepidocyclus and Hiscobeccus. Upper Bromide Formation and Viola Group (Middle and Upper Ordovician) in …
Almost every where you look within the Cincinnatian outcrop belt you can see fossils. They are in the rocks that line the stream bed. They are in the rocks along the road cuts. They occur in old railway cuts, along …
Rocks of Late Ordovician age are exposed in a circular outcrop belt throughout the Cincinnati region, including southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana. During the Late Ordovician, sea level was higher than present, and much of North America was …
Welcome to the Digital Atlas of Ordovician Life in the Cincinnati Arch region which includes Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. The sedimentary rocks of this region include a diverse fauna of over 470 genera and over 1200 species …