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Odenville, Alabama, USA

Formation	Odenville
Age:	479 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Interval	Blackhillsian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	9
Number of Occurrences	16

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
362-i. Cahaba Valley	Jefferson County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
half mile east of Odenville	St. Clair County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
Cahaba Valley	Shelby County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
about 6 miles west of Vandiver	Shelby County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
Vandiver quadrangle	Sumter County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
7 miles northeast of Pelham	Shelby County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
8 miles southwest of Leeds	Shelby County, Alabama, USA	Odenville
Railroad embankment 0.25 miles northeast of Odenville	St. Clair County, Alabama, USA	Odenville

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Taffia planoconvexa species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Taffiidae : Taffia : *Taffia planoconvexa*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Buttsoceras adamsi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Dissidocerida : Troedssonellidae : Buttsoceras : *Buttsoceras adamsi*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Buttsoceras odenvillense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Troedssonellidae : Buttsoceras : *Buttsoceras odenvillense*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Buttsoceras vandiverense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Troedssonellidae : Buttsoceras : *Buttsoceras vandiverense*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Onychoceras australe species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hammatoceratidae : Onychoceras : *Onychoceras australe*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Catoraphiceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Protocycloceratidae : *Catoraphiceras*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protocycloceras odenvillense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Protocycloceras : *Protocycloceras odenvillense*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Maclurea odenvillensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Maclureadae : Teiichispira : *Maclurea odenvillensis*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Eopteria richardsoni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Eopteriidae : Eopteria : *Eopteria richardsoni*	478.6 - 471.8 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

References

Ulrich E. O., Cooper G. A. (1938) Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopoda, Geological Society of America Special Paper 13 8, 1-323

Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1944) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary, Geological Society of America Special Paper 58, 1-226

Yochelson E. L., Jones C.R. (1968) Teiichispira, a new early Ordovician gastropod genus, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 613 B, 1-15

Pojeta J., Runnegar B. (1976) The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968, 1-88

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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