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Kimmswick, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Formation	Kimmswick
Age:	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician
Interval	Chatfieldian
Tectonic Setting	Foreland basin
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	8

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Near Glen Park	Jefferson County, Missouri, USA	Kimmswick
road cut on Missouri State Highway MM	Jefferson County, Missouri, USA	Kimmswick

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Hemiarges leviculus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Hemiarges : *Hemiarges leviculus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Hemiarges paulianus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Hemiarges : *Hemiarges paulianus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Flexicalymene senaria species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene : *Flexicalymene senaria*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Ceraurus globulobatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Ceraurus : *Ceraurus globulobatus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Holia magnaspina species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Holia : *Holia magnaspina*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sphaerocoryphe arachniformis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Sphaerocoryphe : *Sphaerocoryphe arachniformis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Bathyurus (Raymondites) missouriensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Bathyurus : *Bathyurus (Raymondites) missouriensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Wellerocystis kimmswickensis species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Paracrinoidea : Platycystitida : Malocystitidae : Wellerocystis : *Wellerocystis kimmswickensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

References

Foerste A. F. (1920) Racine and Cedarville cystids and blastoids with notes on other echinoderms, Ohio Journal of Science 21, 1-78

Bradley J. H. (1930) The fauna of the Kimmswick limestone of Missouri and Illinois, Contributions from the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 2 6, 219-290

Swisher R. E., Westrop S. R., et al (2015) The Upper Ordovician trilobite Raymondites Sinclair, 1944 in North America, Journal of Paleontology 89 1, 110-134 doi:10.1017/jpa.2014.10

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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