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Salamonie - Osgood, USA

Formation	Salamonie
Member	Osgood
Age:	443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Llandovery
Lithology	shale
Number of Collections	17
Number of Occurrences	236

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
3 - B	Decatur County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
4 - O	Decatur County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
5 - B	Ripley County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
6 - O	Jennings County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
8 - B	Jefferson County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
7 - B	Switzerland County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
16 - LC	Clark County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
14 - B	Clark County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
11 - B	Jefferson County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
10 - B	Trimble County, Kentucky, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
13 - B	Jefferson County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
12 - LC	Jefferson County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
17 - B	Clark County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
18 - LC	Clark County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
19 - B	Harrison County, Indiana, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
21 - B	Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA	Salamonie - Osgood
20 - B	Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA	Salamonie - Osgood

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Brassfield	441 - 433 Ma Silurian	carbonate/"shale", dolomite, "limestone"/dolomite, dolomite/"limestone", "shale"/dolomite, "reef rocks", framestone, "limestone"	446
Brassfield - Lee Creek	443 - 433 Ma Silurian	dolomite	242
Salamonie - Laurel	443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic	dolomite	36

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Trichonodella inconstans species	7	*Trichonodella inconstans*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Acodus curvatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Belodellidae : Walliserodus : *Acodus curvatus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Dapsilodus mutatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Belodellida : Dapsilodontidae : Dapsilodus : *Dapsilodus mutatus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Distacodus obliquicostatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Dapsilodontidae : Dapsilodus : *Distacodus obliquicostatus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Apsidognathus tuberculatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Apsidognathus : *Apsidognathus tuberculatus*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Carniodus carnulus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Carniodus : *Carniodus carnulus*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Diadelognathus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Diadelognathus*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Diadelognathus excertus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Diadelognathus : *Diadelognathus excertus*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Exochognathus expansus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Exochognathus : *Exochognathus expansus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Roundya sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Roundya*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Lonchodina walliseri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Prioniodidae : Lonchodina : *Lonchodina walliseri*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Synprioniodina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Prioniodidae : *Synprioniodina*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Pterospathodus amorphognathoides species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Balognathidae : Pterospathodus : *Pterospathodus amorphognathoides*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Distomodus kentuckyensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Distomodus : *Distomodus kentuckyensis*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Distomodus staurognathoides species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Distomodontidae : Distomodus : *Distomodus staurognathoides*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Acodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : *Acodus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Oulodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : *Oulodus*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Oulodus petilus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Oulodus : *Oulodus petilus*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Trichonodella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : *Trichonodella*	443.4 - 419.2 Ma Paleozoic
Ozarkodina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Prioniodontidae : *Ozarkodina*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Ozarkodina gaertneri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Prioniodontidae : Ozarkodina : *Ozarkodina gaertneri*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Panderodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Distacodontidae : *Panderodus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Panderodus unicostatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Distacodontidae : Panderodus : *Panderodus unicostatus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Paltodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : *Paltodus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Paltodus dyscritus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Paltodus : *Paltodus dyscritus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Drepanodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Distacodontidae : *Drepanodus*	443.4 - 433.4 Ma Silurian

References

Nicoll R. S., Rexroad C. B. (1968) Stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of the Salamonie Dolomite and Lee Creek Member of the Brassfield Limestone (Silurian) in southeastern Indiana and adjacent Kentucky, Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-73

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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