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Maquoketa - Brainard, USA

Formation	Maquoketa
Member	Brainard
Age:	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Richmondian
Tectonic Setting	Cratonic basin
Lithology	limestone/"shale", "shale"/wackestone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	38

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Carroll Lake	Carroll County, Illinois, USA	Maquoketa - Brainard
Diamphidiocystis-Bucanopsis Community Of the Brainard Formation	Fayette County, Iowa, USA	Maquoketa - Brainard

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Maquoketa - Brainard	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic	shale/wackestone, "shale"	34

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Ostracoda class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Trilobita class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Gravicalymene sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : *Gravicalymene*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Ceraurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : *Ceraurus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Zygospira resupinata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Anazygidae : Zygospira : *Zygospira resupinata*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Onniella quadrata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : Onniella : *Onniella quadrata*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Lepidocyclus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : *Lepidocyclus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Megamyonia unicostata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Megamyonia : *Megamyonia unicostata*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Thaerodonta recedens species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Eochonetes : *Thaerodonta recedens*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Strophomena sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : *Strophomena*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Tetraphalerella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : *Tetraphalerella*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Tetraphalerella planodorsata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Tetraphalerella : *Tetraphalerella planodorsata*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Bryozoa phylum	2	Animalia : Bryozoa	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Sceptropora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Arthrostylidae : *Sceptropora*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Stictopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Ptilodictyidae : *Stictopora*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Trepostomatida order	4	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Hallopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Halloporidae : *Hallopora*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Cupulocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Cupulocrinus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Plicodendrocrinus casei species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Plicodendrocrinidae : Plicodendrocrinus : *Plicodendrocrinus casei*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Porocrinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : *Porocrinus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Ambonychia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Ambonychia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Nuculites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Nuculites*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Nuculites neglectus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculites : *Nuculites neglectus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Palaeoneilo fecunda species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Palaeoneilo : *Palaeoneilo fecunda*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Cyclonema sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : *Cyclonema*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Liospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : *Liospira*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Murchisonia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : *Murchisonia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Lophospiridae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Cornulites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cornulitidae : *Cornulites*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Porifera phylum	2	Animalia : Porifera	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Hindia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Streptosclerophorida : Hindiidae : *Hindia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic

References

Lenz A. C. (1977) Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian brachiopods of Royal Creek, Yukon Canada. Part 1. Orthoida, Strophomenida, Pentamerida, Rhynchonellida, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 159 1-3, 37-109

Parker W. C. (1983) Fossil ecological successions in Paleozoic level bottom brachiopod-bryozoan communities, 1-217

Frest T. J., Brett C. E., et al (1999) Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America, Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 638-783

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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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