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Manitou Limestone, Colorado, USA

FormationManitou Limestone
Member(s)Ptarmigan Chert
Age:470 - 467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
IntervalTremadoc
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections7
Number of Occurrences11

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
R01-01El Paso County, Colorado, USAManitou Limestone
Manitou ParkTeller County, Colorado, USAManitou Limestone
Ute PassEl Paso County, Colorado, USAManitou Limestone
near Colorado SpringsEl Paso County, Colorado, USAManitou Limestone
near Glen EyrieEl Paso County, Colorado, USAManitou Limestone
North face of quarry at Missouri GulchDouglas County, Colorado, USAManitou Limestone - Ptarmigan Chert

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Manitou Limestone - Ptarmigan Chert485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone8

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Chosonodina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Chosonodina485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Macerodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Macerodus485.4 - 478.6 Ma
Paleozoic
Rossodus manitouensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Oistodontidae : Rossodus : Rossodus manitouensis485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Acanthodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Acanthodontidae : Acanthodus485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Variabiloconus transiapeticus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Oneotodontidae : Variabiloconus : Variabiloconus transiapeticus485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Robsonoceras manitouense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Robsonoceras : Robsonoceras manitouense478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Utoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Utoceras470 - 467.3 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Utoceras coloradense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Utoceras : Utoceras coloradense470 - 467.3 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Utoceras gleneyriense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Utoceras : Utoceras gleneyriense470 - 467.3 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Kirkoceras arcuatum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Clitendoceras : Kirkoceras arcuatum470 - 467.3 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Kirkoceras compressum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Clitendoceras : Kirkoceras compressum470 - 467.3 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Kirkoceras gracile
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Clitendoceras : Kirkoceras gracile470 - 467.3 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Kirkoceras obliquum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Clitendoceras : Kirkoceras obliquum478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras manitouense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Protocycloceras : Protocycloceras manitouense478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Macluritella stantoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Macluritidae : Macluritella : Macluritella stantoni485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1943) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods. Part II, Brevicones, Geological Society of America Special Papers 49, 1-240
Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1944) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary, Geological Society of America Special Paper 58, 1-226
Löfgren A., Repetski J. E., et al (1999) Some trans-Iapetus conodont faunal connections in the Tremadocian, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 37, 159-173
Frýda J., Rohr D. M. (2006) Shell heterostrophy in Early Ordovician Macluritella Kirk 1927 and its implications for phylogeny and classification of Macluritoidea (Gastropoda), Journal of Paleontology 80 2, 264-271
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