Dundee Limestone

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Dundee Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian,
397.5–391.8  Ma
Type Formation
Underlies Traverse Group, Rogers City Limestone, and Silica Formation
Overlies Anderdon Limestone, Detroit River Group, and Lucas Formation
Thickness144.78 metres (475.0 ft)
Lithology
Primary limestone, dolomite, chert
Location
Region Ontario, Michigan, and Ohio
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Type section
Named for Dundee, Michigan

Dundee Limestone (also referred to as the "Columbus" Limestone) is a geologic formation in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Devonian.

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Description

The Dundee Limestone is named after Dundee, the area where the original outcrops were found . It is, as the name states, made up of limestones, though the makeup of the limestone change throughout the strata. These are able to be divided into two units. The upper strata of Dundee are made up of medium to course grain limestone and is where most fossils from the limestone are present. The lower strata are made up of sandy dolomite along with limestone and nodular chert. [1] [2]

The limestone represents the Dundee Sea, a shallow sea named after the limestone. There is only a small amount of macrofossils known from the lower Dundee which contrasts the nearby Delaware Limestone. This lack of macrofossils can potentially be attributed to highly saline periods of time. As time went on, there is evidence that a lagoon or another near-shore environment formed, allowing for an influx of fauna. [2]

Paleobiotia

Annelida

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Eunicites [3] E. effusus
E. euconus
E. extensus
Ildraites [3] I. eminulus
Marleneites [3] M. elatus
M. explicatus
Nereidavus [3] N. exploratus
Paleoenonites [3] P. editus
P. exsertus
Staurocephalites [3] S. eucharis
S. ejectus

Anthozoa

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Favosites [4] F. "turbinatus"
Favosites (10.1371-journal.pone.0149767) Figure 3.tiff
Heterophrentis [4] H. prolifica
Hexagonaria [4] [5] H. alternata
H. anna
Hexagonaria sp.jpg
H. sp. aff. H. coalita
H. parva
H. stewartae
H. tabulata
H. tabulata convexa
H. truncata
H. sp. A aff. H. truncata
H. sp. B aff. H. prisma

Brachiopoda

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Atrypa [4] A. costata
Atrypa reticularis pedunculate Gondelsheim CRF.jpg
A. elegans grabau
Brachyspirifer [4] B. lucasensis
Brachyspirifer audaculus.jpg
B. manni
Cyrtospirifer [4] C. sp. aff. grieri
Cyrtospirifer verneuili duo.jpg
Megastrophia [4] M. sp. aff. hemispherica
Megastrophia (fossil brachiopod) with encrusting Hederella (Silica Formation, Middle Devonian; quarry in Lucas County, Ohio, USA).jpg
Pholidostronhia [4] P. nacrea
Protoleptostrophia [4] P. perplana
Rhipidomella [4] R. variabilis
Schizophoria [4] S. folevi
Schizophoria.jpg
Spinulicosta [6] [4] S. spinulicosta
Stropheodonta [4] S. sp. aff. demissa
Stropheodonta demissa.jpg

Bryozoa

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Sulcoretepora [4] S. gilberti
Sulcoretepora deissi - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07728.JPG

Charophyta

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Trochiliscus [7] T. bellatulus

Conodonta

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Acodina [8] A. formosa
Angulodus [8] A. walrathi
Bryantodus [8] B. mundus
Hibbardella [8] H. austinensis
H. hawkeyensa
H. separata
H. triangularis
H. n. sp. A
H. n. sp. B
Icriodus [8] I. angustus
I. "cymbiformis"
I. nodosus
I. sp. aff. I. eslaensi
I. latericrescens subsp. A
I. postifexus
Neoprioniodus [8] N. alatus
N. bicuwatus
N. n. sp.
N. pronus
Ozarkodina [8] O. congesta
O. lata
Paltodus [8] P. n. sp.
Plectospathodus [8] P. n. sp.
Polygnathus [8] P. eiflia
Polygnathus Pa elements.png
P. linguiformis
P. robusticostata
P. webbi
Prioniodus [8] P. aversa
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1919) (19820165934).jpg

incertae sedis

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Coleolus [4] C. sp. aff. C. carbonarius

Mollusca

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Conocardium [4] C. subtrigonale
Conocardiumkonincki.jpg
Cornellites [4] C. flabella
Michelinoceras M. ohioensis
Michelinoceras.jpg
Paracydas [4] P. proavia
Platyceras [4] P. carinatum
PlatycerasLoganOhio.jpg
P. dumosum
P. keoughi
Pleuronotus [4] P. decewi
Pleuronotus radiatus.jpg

Osteichthyes

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Onychodus [9] O. eriensis
Onychodus jandemarrai holotype skull.png

Ostracoda

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Barychilina [10] B. periptyches
Dizygopleura [10] D. compsa
Hollinella [10] H. variopapillata
Keslingolophia [10] K. chariessa
Octonaria [10] O. sp
Trypetera [10] T. barathrota

Tentaculitida

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Tentaculites [4] T. scalariformis

Trilobita

GenusSpeciesNotesImage
Basidechenella [4] B. rowi
Basidechenella lucasensis (fossil trilobite) (Silica Formation, Middle Devonian; quarry northwest of Paulding, Ohio, USA) 2 (48340429277) (cropped).jpg
Coronura [11] C. sp. aff. C. aspectans
Annual report of the Regents (1891) (14781545852).jpg
Crassiproetus [4] C. crassimarginatus
Crassiproetus.jpg
Dechenella [4] D. planimarginata
Dechenella fossil from the Devonian period, Iran.jpg
Phacops [12] P. rana
Phacops rana.jpg
Trypaulites [11] T. sp. aff. T. calypso
Viaphacops [4] V. cristatus
Viaphacops multicinctus lateral.jpg

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