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Whitewater - Saluda Tongue, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Formation	Whitewater
Member	Saluda Tongue
Age:	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Richmondian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	19

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Crinoid-trilobite community	Franklin County, Indiana, USA	Whitewater - Saluda Tongue

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Dillsboro	450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic	limestone/"shale"	35
Liberty	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic	packstone, packstone/mudstone, "limestone"/"shale", framestone, claystone	708
Tanners Creek	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic	siltstone, "limestone"/"shale"	19
Waynesville	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic	packstone, "carbonate"/"shale", claystone, "shale", mudstone/packstone, "shale"/"limestone", claystone/wackestone, packstone/mudstone, "limestone", "limestone"/"shale", "limestone"/lime mudstone	1208

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Leperditia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Leperditiidae : *Leperditia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Leperditia (Isochilina) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Leperditicopida : Leperditiidae : Leperditia : *Leperditia (Isochilina)*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Coelochilina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : *Coelochilina*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Isotelus maximus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Isotelus : *Isotelus maximus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Pseudolingula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Pseudolingulidae : *Pseudolingula*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Homotrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Monticuliporidae : *Homotrypa*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Batostoma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Trematoporidae : *Batostoma*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Orthodesma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : *Orthodesma*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Ambonychia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Ambonychia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Pseudocolpomya sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : *Pseudocolpomya*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Pterinea demissa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Pterinea : *Pterinea demissa*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Rhytimya sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : *Rhytimya*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Oonoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : *Oonoceras*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Manitoulinoceras gyroforme species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Valcouroceratidae : Manitoulinoceras : *Manitoulinoceras gyroforme*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Gorbyoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : *Gorbyoceras*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Sphenosphaera mohri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : *Sphenosphaera mohri*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Paupospira tropidophora species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Paupospira : *Paupospira tropidophora*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Dystactospongia madisonensis species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Sigmatosclerophorida : Dystactospongiidae : Dystactospongia : *Dystactospongia madisonensis*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Tetradium huronense species	7	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Tetradium : *Tetradium huronense*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic

References

Frey R. C. (1987) The occurrence of pelecypods in early Paleozoic epeiric-sea environments, Late Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio area, Palaios 2 1, 3-23

Frey R. C. (1987) The paleoecology of a Late Ordovician shale unit from southwest Ohio and southeastern Indiana, Journal of Paleontology 61, 242-267

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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