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Plattin - Macy - Zell, Ralls County, Missouri, USA

Group	Plattin
Formation	Macy
Member	Zell
Age:	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician
Interval	Turinian
Lithology	mudstone/wackestone, "limestone"
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	26

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Road cut 4.7 miles	Ralls County, Missouri, USA	Plattin - Macy - Zell
Yeager farm	Ralls County, Missouri, USA	Plattin - Macy - Zell

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Prismostylus fibratum species	7	Florideophyceae : Prismostylus : *Prismostylus fibratum*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Bathyurus : *Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Trematis huronensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Trematidae : Trematis : *Trematis huronensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Zygospira deflecta species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Anazygidae : Zygospira : *Zygospira deflecta*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Manespira nicolleti species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Protozygidae : Manespira : *Manespira nicolleti*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Pionodema subaequata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : Pionodema : *Pionodema subaequata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Hesperorthis tricenaria species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Hesperorthidae : Hesperorthis : *Hesperorthis tricenaria*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Plectambonites sericeus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Plectambonitidae : Plectambonites : *Plectambonites sericeus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Besselodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Belodellida : *Besselodus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Curtognathus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Curtognathus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Polyplacognathus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Balognathidae : *Polyplacognathus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Oulodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : *Oulodus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Plectodina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Plectodinidae : *Plectodina*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Belodina compressa species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Panderodontida : Panderodontidae : Belodina : *Belodina compressa*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Paltodus gracilis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Distacodontidae : Panderodus : *Paltodus gracilis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Drepanoistodus suberectus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Drepanoistodus : *Drepanoistodus suberectus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Cyrtodonta huronensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontidae : Cyrtodonta : *Cyrtodonta huronensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Parallelodus obliquus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Parallelodus : *Parallelodus obliquus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Spyroceras bilineatum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida : Spyroceratidae : Spyroceras : *Spyroceras bilineatum*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Conradella fimbriata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bucaniidae : Phragmolites : *Conradella fimbriata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Helicotoma planulata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Helicotomidae : Helicotoma : *Helicotoma planulata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Clathrospira subconica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Eotomariidae : Clathrospira : *Clathrospira subconica*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Liospira obtusa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Liospira : *Liospira obtusa*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Murchisonia gracilis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia gracilis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Subulites conradi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : *Subulites conradi*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Cyrtolites retrorsus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Cyrtolitidae : Cyrtolites : *Cyrtolites retrorsus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

References

Foerste A. F. (1920) The Kimmswick and Plattin Limestones of Northeastern Missouri, Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 19, 175-226

Leslie S. A. (1997) Apparatus Architecture of Belodina (Conodonta): Interpretations Based on Fused Clusters of Belodina compressa (Branson and Mehl, 1933) from the Middle Ordovician (Turinian) Plattin Limestone of Missouri and Iowa, Journal of Paleontology 71 5, 921-926

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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