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Christ Hospital, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)39.1208,-84.5132
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationOhio, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Christ Hospital, (CHS1)Novack-Gottshall P. M., Miller A.I. (2003)MiamitownLower Maysvillian age. Sample #1 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes.packstone452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Christ Hospital, (CHS32), Miamitown Shale, Cincinnati, OhioNovack-Gottshall P. M. (1999)MiamitownLower Maysvillian age. Sample #32 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes.packstone460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Christ Hospital, (CHS7), Miamitown Shale, Cincinnati, OhioNovack-Gottshall P. M., Miller A.I. (2003)MiamitownLower Maysvillian age. Sample #7 collected. Details on stratigraphy and sedimentation (lithology), and additional details of gastropod and bivalve fauna are included from Novack-Gottshall and Miller (2003) [PBDB reference #18186] and field notes.packstone460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Acidaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Odontopleuridae : Acidaspis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Calymenidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Flexicalymene meeki
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene : Flexicalymene meeki452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira modesta
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Anazygidae : Zygospira : Zygospira modesta452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Platystrophia sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Hebertella occidentalis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Hebertella : Hebertella occidentalis452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Rafinesquina alternata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Rafinesquina : Rafinesquina alternata452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Cryptostomata
order
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomata452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Halloporidae
family
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Halloporidae452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Aspidopora sp.
genus
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Monticuliporidae : Aspidopora460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Crinoidea
class
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Modiolopsis modiolaris
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Modiolopsis : Modiolopsis modiolaris452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Ambonychia sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : Ambonychia452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Pterinea demissa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Pterinea : Pterinea demissa452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Paupospira bowdeni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Paupospira : Murchisonia bowdeni452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

References

Novack-Gottshall P. M. (1999) Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati), 1-191
Novack-Gottshall P. M., Miller A.I. (2003) Taxonomic richness and abundance of Late Ordovician gastropods and bivalves in mollusc-rich strata of the Cincinnati Arch, Palaios 18, 559-571
Klingensmith B. C. (2007) GIS-based biogeography of Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician) brachiopods with special reference to Hebertella
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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