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Richmondian - Liberty, USA

Group	Richmondian
Formation	Liberty
Age:	450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Richmondian
Number of Collections	16
Number of Occurrences	33

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
C5 - Silver Creek tributary	Union County, Indiana, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
C5 - Silver Creek tributary	Union County, Indiana, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
C5 - Richmondian - Section 4mi E of Bardstown	Nelson County, Kentucky, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
C5 - Manchester	Adams County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Madison-421N	Jefferson County, Indiana, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Treber's Run	Adams County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Little Four Mile Creek	Hamilton County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Branch of Cedar Creek 1	Ripley County, Indiana, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Cowan Lake Spillway	Clinton County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Hillcut on West side of Brookville Lake	Franklin County, Indiana, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Mixersville	Franklin County, Indiana, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Jonah's Run	Warren County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Exp West of Waynesville	Warren County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
Mound Rd	Warren County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
US 127	Butler County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty
College Corner	Butler County, Ohio, USA	Richmondian - Liberty

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Richmondian - Elkhorn	450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic	limestone	30

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Glyptorthis insculpta species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Glyptorthidae : Glyptorthis : *Glyptorthis insculpta*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Plaesiomys subquadratus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plaesiomyidae : Plaesiomys : *Plaesiomys subquadratus*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Retrorsirostra carleyi species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plaesiomyidae : Retrorsirostra : *Retrorsirostra carleyi*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Platystrophia annieana species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : *Platystrophia annieana*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Platystrophia clarksvillensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : *Platystrophia clarksvillensis*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Hebertella occidentalis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Hebertella : *Hebertella occidentalis*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Hiscobeccus capax species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Hiscobeccus : *Hiscobeccus capax*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Lepidocyclus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : *Lepidocyclus*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Leptaena richmondensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Leptaena : *Leptaena richmondensis*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Rafinesquina alternata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Rafinesquina : *Rafinesquina alternata*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Rafinesquina ponderosa species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Rafinesquina : *Rafinesquina ponderosa*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic
Strophomena planumbona species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Strophomena : *Strophomena planumbona*	458.4 - 443.4 Ma Paleozoic

References

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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