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Scotch Grove - Pallisades-Kepler, Jones County, Iowa, USA

FormationScotch Grove
MemberPallisades-Kepler
Age:433 - 427 Ma
Silurian
IntervalWenlock
Tectonic SettingCratonic basin
Lithologywackestone/"carbonate"
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences31

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Wyoming Quarry. Protomegastrophia-Atrypa CommunityJones County, Iowa, USAScotch Grove - Pallisades-Kepler

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Gower - Brady433 - 423 Ma
Silurian		wackestone/lime mudstone, packstone42
Scotch Grove - Waubeek433 - 427 Ma
Silurian		wackestone19

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Trilobita
class		3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Kosovopeltis sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Styginidae : Kosovopeltis433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Cheirurus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Cheirurus433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Meristina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae : Meristina433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Atrypa reticularis
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : Atrypa : Atrypa reticularis433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Resserella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : Resserella433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Platystrophia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Dalejina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : Dalejina433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Rhynchonellida
order		4Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Ferganella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Machaerariidae : Ferganella433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Rhynchotreta sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : Rhynchotreta433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Hedeina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtiidae : Hedeina433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Protomegastrophia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptostrophiidae : Protomegastrophia433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Eoplectodonta sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Eoplectodonta433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Cryptostomata
order		4Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomata433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Fenestellidae
family		5Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Rugosa
subclass		3.3Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Rugosa433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Favosites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Favosites433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Halysites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Halysites433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Echinodermata
phylum		2Animalia : Echinodermata433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Dimerocrinites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dimerocrinitidae : Dimerocrinites433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Siphonocrinus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Lampterocrinidae : Siphonocrinus433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Eucalyptocrinites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Eucalyptocrinitidae : Eucalyptocrinites433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Allocrinus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Allocrinus433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Calliocrinus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Eucalyptocrinitidae : Calliocrinus433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Macrostylocrinus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Patelliocrinidae : Macrostylocrinus433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Bivalvia
class		3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Nautiloidea
subclass		3.3Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautiloidea433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Cyclonema sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Cyclonema433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Platyceras (Platyostoma) sp.
subgenus		6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Platyceras (Platyostoma)433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian

References

Witzke B. J., Johnson M. E. (1999) Silurian brachiopod and related benthic communities from carbonate platform and mound environments of Iowa and surrounding areas, Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 806-840
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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