TAXA REPORTED FROM THE TYPE-CINCINNATIAN

LISTING BY LINNAEAN HIERARCHY

phylum MOLLUSCA

class CEPHALOPODA

compiled
by
R. A. Davis
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45233-1670

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Taxonomic Index
Bibliography
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PREFACE

The following is by no means complete. It is, rather, a working-document in progress.

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R. A. Davis
Professor of Biology and Geology
Department of Biology
College of Mount St. Joseph
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TAXONOMIC INDEX

ACTINOCERATOIDEA

Lambeoceras Foerste, 1917

type-species: Gonioceras lambii Whiteaves, 1891; O.D. (fide Teichert, 1964, p. K209)

originally a subgenus of Tripteroceras

Lambeoceras richmondense (Foerste, 1917)

Tripteroceras (Lambeoceras) richmondensis Foerste, 1917a, p. 44-46 + figs)

Treptoceras Flower, 1942

fide Teichert, 1964, p. K214 ----- Treptoceras is a junior synonym of Orthonybyoceras Shimizu and Obata, 1935; not everyone agrees with this assessment, for example, Aronoff. Note that Teichert assigned the genus to the Actinoceratoidea.

ENDOCERATOIDEA

Cameroceras Conrad, 1842

type-species: Cameroceras trentonensis Conrad, 1842; M. (fide Teichert, 1964, p. K174; corrected to Cameroceras trentonense)

Cameroceras inaequabile (S. A. Miller, 1882) Bassler, 1915 [originally Endoceras inaequabile]

Colpoceras Hall, 1850

(According to Teichert, 1964, p. K188, Colpoceras is based on suphuncle-fragments and probably is a junior synonym of Cameroceras or Endoceras.)

Colpoceras arcuatum Joseph F. James, 1886

Endoceras Hall, 1847

type-species: Endoceras annulatum Hall, 1847; S.D., S. A. Miller, 1889 (fide Teichert, 1964, p. K173, who included Endoceras under the heading "GENERA KNOWN FROM FRAGMENTARY CONCHS, INCLUDING SIPHUNCLES, WITH APICAL END AND BODY CHAMBER USUALLY UNKNOWN OR POORLY KNOWN")

Endoceras undifferentiated

Dalvé, 1948, p. 7 ----- EE

Endoceras proteiforme Hall, 1847 (see also Cameroceras)

Foerstella Kobayashi, 1937 -----> see Foerstellites Kobayashi, 1940

Foerstellites Kobayashi, 1940

Cameroceras ? faberi Foerste, 1930
Foerstella faberi (Foerste, 1930) Kobayashi, 1937 ----- type-species of genus (non Foerstella Ruedemann, 1925);
Foerstellites faberi (Foerste, 1930) Kobayashi, 1940 ----- type-species of genus

Richmondian, Indiana ----- Teichert, 1964, p. K176, K178.

NAUTILOIDEA, BARRANDEOCERATIDA

Charactoceras Foerste, 1924

type-species: Trochoceras ? baeri Meek & Worthen, 1865; O.D. (fide Sweet, 1964, p. K382)

Trochoceras ? baeri Meek & Worthen, 1865

[= Charactoceras baeri (Meek & Worthen, 1865) Foerste, 1924;
 = Gyroceras baeri]

Miller, S. A., 1875, p. 123 (mention of Meek's "Trochoceras Baeri" ----- "found somewhere about Richmond, Ind.")

NAUTILOIDEA: DISCOSORIDA

Clarkesvillia Flower, 1946

type-species: Clarkesvillia halei Flower, 1946; O.D. (fide Teichert, 1964, p. K333)

Clarkesvillia halei Flower, 1946

Faberoceras Flower, 1946

type-species: Faberoceras multicinctum Flower, 1946; O.D. (fide Teichert, 1964, p. K333)

Cyrtoceras magister Miller, 1875

James, Joseph F., 1886, p. 246-247 ----- "1st ward, Cincinnati, 130 feet above low water"; C. obscurum S. A. Miller, 1875, given as a synonym

Faberoceras magister (Miller, 1875) Flower, 1946 (originally Cyrtoceras magister)

Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Faberoceras multicinctum Flower, 1946

Westonoceras Foerste, 1924

type-species: Westonoceras manitobense Whiteaves, 1890; O.D. (fide Teichert, 1964, p. K331)

Westonoceras undifferentiated

Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Orthoceras ortoni Meek and Worthen, 1865

Flower, 1946, p. 173

Orthoceras ortoni Meek, 1872

Meek, 1873;
Miller, S. A., 1875, p. 130 ----- "Cincinnati; range unknown";
James, Joseph F., 1886, p. 239 ----- "Cincinnati";
Bassler, 1915, p. 912 ----- E, ES?

Westonoceras ? ortoni (Meek)

Flower, 1946, p. 526-528,  ----- ES
Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Westonoceras ventricosum (S. A. Miller, 1875)

Flower, 1946, p. 523-526, pl. 9, fig, 1, pl, 4, fig, 3, 4 ----- ES;
Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Cyrtoceras ventricosa S. A. Miller, 1875

S. A. Miller, 1875, 131-132 ----- "Cincinnati, at an elevation of about 150 feet above low water-mark";

Cyrtoceras ventricosum S. A. Miller, 1875

James, Joseph F., 1886, p. 246 ----- "Cincinnati, 150 feet above low water";
Bassler, 1915, p. 358 ----- ES

NAUTILOIDEA: ELLESMEROCERIDA

Cyrtocerina Billings, 1865

type-species: Cyrtocerina typica Billings, 1865; M. (fide Furnish and Glenister, 1964, p. K159)

Cyrtocerina madisonensis S. A. Miller

S. A. Miller and Faber, 1894a, p. 32-33

NAUTILOIDEA: ONCOCERIDA

Augustoceras Flower, 1946

type-species: Augustoceras shideleri Flower, 1946; M. (fide Sweet, 1964, p. K291)

Augustoceras ? vallandighami (S. A. Miller)

Augustoceras (?) sp.

Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Danoceras Troedsson, 1926

type-species: Danoceras ravni Troedsson, 1926; O.D. (fide Sweet, 1964, p. K293)

Danoceras ? gracile Flower, 1946

Diestoceras Foerste, 1924

type-species: Gomphoceras indianense S. A. Miller and Faber, 1894; O.D. (fide Sweet, 1964, p. K293)

Diestoceras ? edenense Flower, 1946

(as Diestoceras edenense) Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Gomphoceras indianense S. A. Miller and Faber, 1894b, p. 137-139, pl. 7, figs. 3-5. (This is the type-species of Diestoceras Foerste, 1924.)

Manitoulinoceras Foerste, 1924

type-species: Cyrtoceras lysander Billings, 1865; O.D. (fide Sweet, 1964, p. K293)

NAUTILOIDEA: ORTHOCERIDA

type-species: Orthoceras anellus Conrad, 1843; O.D. (fide Sweet, 1964, p. K230)

Michelinoceras ludlowense

Flower, 1952, p. 42 (mention)

"Michelinoceras sp. M. aff. ludlowense", Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Orthoceras Bruguière, 1779

Miller, S. A., 1875, p. 124-125 ----- "near Versailles, Ind., about 300 feet below the Upper Silurian rocks"; (list of associated fossils given);
James, Joseph F., 1886, p. 238;
Foerste, 1910, p. 77 (minor mention)

type-species: Orthoceras crotalum Hall, 1861; O.D. fide Sweet, 1964, p. K246, who stated that the genus is restricted to the Devonian)

Spyroceras undifferentiated

Dalvé, 1948, p. 3 ----- F

Spyroceras calvini -----> Gorbyoceras calvini

Treptoceras Flower, 1942

fide Teichert, 1964, p. K214 ----- Treptoceras is a junior synonym of Orthonybyoceras Shimizu and Obata, 1935; not everyone agrees with this assessment, for example, Aronoff. Note that Teichert assigned the genus to the Actinoceratoidea.

Treptoceras undifferentiated

"3 species not fully studied" Dalvé, 1948, p. 3 ----- F.

Orthoceras transversum S. A. Miller, 1875, p. 129.

James, Jos. F., 1886, p. 239;
Miller, S. A., and Faber, 1894, p. 141
Foerste, 1914, p. 144

Treptoceras (Orthoceras) transversum (S. A. Miller, 1875).

Dalvé, 1948, p. 3 ----- F
Dalvé, 1948, p. 7 ----- EE;
Dalvé, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES.

Treptoceras transversum (S. A. Miller, 1875)

Trocholites Conrad, 1838

type-species: Trocholites ammonius Conrad, 1838; O.D. (fide Furnish and Glenister, 1964, p. K359)

Trocholites undifferentiated

Dalve, 1948, p. 7 ----- EE
Dalve, 1948, p. 11 ----- ES

Trocholites ammonius Conrad, 1838

James, Joseph F., 1886, p. 249 ----- assigned to Lituites ammonius -----"Cincinnati"

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aronoff, Steven Martin, 1973, A reexamination of the type material of some Upper Ordovician nautiloid cephalopods; Orthocerida and Actinocerida of the Cincinnati, Ohio area: M.S. thesis (unpub.), University of Cincinnati, 79 p., 11 pls.

Aronoff, Steven M., 1979, Orthoconic nautiloid morphology and the case of Treptoceras vs. Orthonybyoceras: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, v. 158, no. 1, p. 100-122.

Aronoff, Steven Martin, 1981, Phenon and interspecific variation in selected Paleozoic orthoconic nautiloids (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): Ph.D dissertation (unpub.), University of Iowa, 382 p.

Aronoff, Steven M., 1983, The taxonomy of smooth orthoconic nautiloid cephalopods; a reappraisal [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 15, no. 6, p. 517.

Bassler, Ray S., 1915, Bibliographic index of American Ordovician and Silurian fossils: U.S. National Museum Bulletin 92, 2 v., 1,521 p., 4 pls.

Dalvé, Elizabeth, 1948, The fossil fauna of the Ordovician in the Cincinnati region: University Museum, Department of Geology and Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, II + 56 p. ----- V.

Flower Rousseau H., 1942 (March 30), An Arctic Cephalopod Faunule from the Cynthiana of Kentucky: Bulletins of American Paleontology, 27(103):1-51, 4 pls. ----- V.

Flower, Rousseau H., 1943a, Ordovician cephalopods of the Cincinnati region, Pt. 1 [abstract]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 54, no. 12, p. 1830-1831.

Flower, Rousseau H., 1943b, Structure and relationship of Cincinnati Cyrtocerina: Ohio Journal of Science, v. 43, no. 2, p. 51-64, 2 pls.

Flower, Rousseau H., 1946, Ordovician Cephalopoda of the Cincinnati region. Part I: Bulletins of American Paleontology, v. 29, no. 116, p. 83-738, 50 pls.

Flower, Rousseau H., 1955, Trails and tentacular impressions of orthoconic cephalopods: Journal of Paleontology, 29(5):857-867.

Flower, Rousseau H., 1952, 

Foerste, Aug. F., 1910, 

Foerste, Aug. F., 1914, 

Foerste, Aug. F., 1917a, Notes on Richmond and Related Fossils: Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, v. 22, no. 2, p. 42-55, pls. I-III.

(Tripteroceras (Lambeoceras) (i>richmondensis, sp. nov., p. 44-46 + figs)

Foerste, Aug. F., 1924a, Notes on American Paleozoic cephalopods: Journal of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University, v. 20, art. 10, p. 193-268, pls. 21-42.

Frey, Robert C., 1995, Middle and Upper Ordovician Nautiloid Cephalopods of the Cincinnati Arch Region of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066-P, p. I-IV, P1-P126, 22 pls.

[list compiled by D. L. Meyer, November 2006:

Edenian, Clays Ferry

Isorthoceras albersi
I. rogersensis
Treptoceras sp. cf. T. duseri
Ordogeisonoceras amplicameratum
Cameroceras sp.
Trocholites faberi
Oncoceras covingtonense

Kope

Treptoceras transversum
Treindoceras? davisi
O. amplicameratum
Trocholites faberi
Augustoceras? sp.
Diestoceras edense
Faberoceras magister
Westonoceras ventricosum

Maysvillian claystones-early Richmondian: "typical Cincinnatian fauna"

T. duseri
T. fosteri
T. cincinnatiensis
Cameroceras inaequabile
Orthonybyoceras dyeri
Oncoceras sp.
Manitoulinoceras sp.

Packstones: nautiloids less common

Treptoceras
Cameroceras
Orthonybyoceras
Troedssonoceras turbidum
Beloitoceras sp.
Oncoceras sp.

Middle to Late Richmondian: influx of many new taxa

Waynesville

Schuchertoceras obscurum
Gorbyoceras curvatum
T. duseri
Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense
Lambeoceras richmondense
Diestoceras waynesvillense

Drakes (Bardstown), Saluda, Whitewater:

65 spp., 24 genera (20 species common), not listed, only those described in paper; peak development of Richmondian fauna]

Furnish, W. M., and Brian F. Glenister, 1964, Nautiloidea -- Ellesmerocerida: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K129-K159.

James, Joseph F., 1886, Cephalopoda of the Cincinnati Group: Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, v. 8, no. 4, p. 235-253, pl. 4.

Meyer, David L., and Richard Arnold Davis, 2009, A Sea Without Fish. Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, xviii + 346 p. [specifically, p. 117, et seq.]

Miller, S. A., 1875b, Class Cephalopoda (Cuvier), as represented in the Cincinnati Group: Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, v. 2, no. 2, p. 121-134 (Italics in original).

Miller, S. A., and C. L. Faber, 1894a, New species of fossils from the Hudson River Group, and remarks upon others: Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, v. 17, no. 1, p. 22-33, pl. 1.

Miller, S. A., and C. L. Faber, 1894b,

Shimizu, Saburo, and Tadahiro Obata, 1935, New Genera of Gotlandian and Ordovician Nautiloids: Journal of the Shanghai Science Institute, section II, 2:1-10. ----- V.

Sweet, Walter C., 1964, Nautiloidea -- Orthocerida: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K216-K261.

Sweet, Walter C., 1964, Nautiloidea -- Oncocerida: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K277-K319.

Sweet, Walter C., 1964, Nautiloidea -- Barrandeocerida: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K368-K382.

Teichert, Curt, 1964, Endoceratoidea: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K160—K189.

Teichert, Curt, 1964, Actinoceratoidea: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K190-K216.

Teichert, Curt, 1964, Nautiloidea -- Discosorida: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. K320-K342.

Teichert, Curt, Bernhard Kummel, W. C. Sweet, H. B. Stenzel, W. M. Furnish, Brian F. Glenister,  H. K. Erben, R. C. Moore, and D. E. Nodine Zeller, 1964, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part K. Mollusca 3. Cephalopoda -- General features -- Endoceratoidea -- Actinoceratoidea -- Nautiloidea -- Bactritoidea: Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press, New York, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, p. i-xxviii, K1-K519.

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