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Platteville - Grand Detour - Forreston, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA

GroupPlatteville
FormationGrand Detour
MemberForreston
Age:461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalBlackriveran
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Top of quarryRock County, Wisconsin, USAPlatteville - Grand Detour - Forreston

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cyrtodonta huronensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontidae : Cyrtodonta : Cyrtodonta huronensis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ctenodonta nasuta
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Ctenodonta : Ctenodonta nasuta460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Tancrediopsis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Tancrediopsis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Beloitoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oncoceratidae : Beloitoceras460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Helicotoma planulata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Helicotomidae : Helicotoma : Helicotoma planulata460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Lophospira sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Trochonema sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Trochonema460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Echinochiton dufoei
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Helminthochitonidae : Echinochiton : Echinochiton dufoei460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Pojeta J., Jr., Eernisse D. J., et al (2003) Echinociton dufoei: a new spiny Ordovician chiton, Journal of Paleontology 77 4, 646-654
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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