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Upper Whitewater - Hitz, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA

Formation	Upper Whitewater
Member	Hitz
Age:	450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Ashgillian
Tectonic Setting	Cratonic basin
Lithology	wackestone/packstone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	28

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Hitz Bed	Jefferson County, Indiana, USA	Upper Whitewater - Hitz

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Ostracoda class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Flexicalymene meeki species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene : *Flexicalymene meeki*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Onniella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : *Onniella*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Plaesiomys subquadratus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plaesiomyidae : Plaesiomys : *Plaesiomys subquadratus*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Platystrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : *Platystrophia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Holtedahlina sulcata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Holtedahlina : *Holtedahlina sulcata*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Strophomena planumbona species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Strophomena : *Strophomena planumbona*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Halloporidae family	5	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Halloporidae	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Prasopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Monticuliporidae : *Prasopora*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Batostomella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Batostomellidae : *Batostomella*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Grewingkia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : *Grewingkia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Cycloconcha sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : *Cycloconcha*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Ischyrodonta sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Allodesmatidae : *Ischyrodonta*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Ambonychia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Ambonychia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Cuneamya miamiensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Grammysiidae : Cuneamya : *Cuneamya miamiensis*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Deceptrix sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : *Deceptrix*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Gorbyoceras hammelli species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Proteoceratidae : Gorbyoceras : *Gorbyoceras hammelli*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Sphenosphaera mohri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Sphenosphaera : *Sphenosphaera mohri*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Loxobucania crassa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bucaniidae : Loxobucania : *Loxobucania crassa*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Holopea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Holopeidae : *Holopea*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Raphistoma richmondensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Scalites : *Raphistoma richmondensis*	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

References

Novack-Gottshall P. M. (1999) Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation (M.S. thesis, University of Cincinnati), 1-191

Novack-Gottshall P. M., Miller A.I. (2003) Taxonomic richness and abundance of Late Ordovician gastropods and bivalves in mollusc-rich strata of the Cincinnati Arch, Palaios 18, 559-571

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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