TAXA REPORTED FROM
THE TYPE-CINCINNATIAN

phylum BRACHIOPODA

genus PLECTORTHIS

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


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Taxonomic framework
Type-Cincinnatian species
Other species and species-names
Alphabetic index of generic and specific names
Bibliography
Ankyliography
About this web-page -- Caveat lector !


PREFACE

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

If you notice any errors, please, contact me with the pertinent information.

R. A. Davis
Department of Biology
College of Mount St. Joseph
5701 Delhi Road
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45233-1670

electronic-mail: r_a_davis@mail.msj.edu

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TAXONOMIC FRAMEWORK

Brachiopoda

Articulata

Rhynchonellata

Orthida

Plectorthis Hall and Clarke, 1892

source of information:

Bassler, 1915, p. 1000;
Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b, p. 757-758.

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TYPE-CINCINNATIAN SPECIES

Short-List

Plectorthis aequivalvis (Hall, 1847) Hall and Clarke, 1892 ----- (originally Orthis aequivalvis)

Plectorthis fissicosta (Hall, 1847) Hall and Clarke, 1892 ----- (originally Orthis fissicosta)

Plectorthis jamesi (Hall, 1861) Hall and Clarke, 1892 ----- (originally Orthis jamesi)

Plectorthis neglecta (U. P. James, 1879) Foerste, 1910 ----- (originally Orthis neglecta)

Plectorthis plicatella (Hall, 1847) Hall and Clarke, 1892 ----- (originally Orthis plicatella) ----- type-species

 

Some Details

Plectorthis aequivalvis (Hall, 1847) Hall and Clarke, 1892
Orthis aequivalvis Hall, 1847

Occurrence: Fairmount

source of information:

Bassler, 1915, p. 1000 ----- Fairmount;
Dalvé, 1948;
Holland web-site (17 June 2004) http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/articulata/Plectorthis.html

Plectorthis fissicosta (Hall, 1847) Hall and Clarke, 1892
Orthis fissicosta Hall, 1847

Occurrence: Mount Hope, Fairmount

source of information:

Bassler, 1915, p. 1001 ----- Fairview;
Dalvé, 1948;
Holland web-site (17 June 2004) http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/articulata/Plectorthis.html
Schwimmer and Sandy, 1996

Plectorthis jamesi (Hall, 1861) Hall and Clarke, 1892
Orthis jamesi Hall, 1861

Occurrence: Corryville

source of information:

Bassler, 1915, p. 1001 ----- Corryville;
Dalvé, 1948;
Holland web-site (17 June 2004) http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/articulata/Plectorthis.html

Plectorthis neglecta (U. P. James, 1879) Foerste, 1910
Orthis neglecta U. P. James, 1879

Occurrence: McMicken, Mount Hope

source of information:

Bassler, 1915, p. 1002 ----- Mount Hope;
Dalvé, 1948;
Holland web-site (17 June 2004) http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/articulata/Plectorthis.html
U. P. James, 1879b, p. 26 ----- V.

Plectorthis plicatella (Hall, 1847) Hall and Clarke, 1892
Orthis plicatella Hall, 1847 ----- type-species; OD

Occurrence: Fairmount
Photograph: Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b (from Schuchert and Cooper, 1932)

source of information:

Bassler, 1915, p. 1002 ----- Fairmount;
Holland web-site (17 June 2004) http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/articulata/Plectorthis.html
Schwimmer and Sandy, 1996;
Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b

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ALPHABETIC INDEX OF GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES

aequivalvis

Orthis ----- see Plectorthis aequivalvis
Plectorthis

fissicosta

Orthis ----- see Plectorthis fissicosta
Plectorthis

jamesi

Orthis ----- see Plectorthis jamesi
Plectorthis

neglecta

Orthis ----- see Plectorthis neglecta
Plectorthis

Orthis aequivalvis ----- see Plectorthis aequivalvis
Orthis fissicosta ----- see Plectorthis fissicosta
Orthis jamesi ----- see Plectorthis jamesi
Orthis neglecta ----- see Plectorthis neglecta
Orthis plicatella ----- see Plectorthis plicatella

Plectorthis ----- Brachiopoda: Articulata: Rhynchonellata: Orthida

Plectorthis aequivalvis ----- (originally Orthis aequivalvis)
Plectorthis fissicosta ----- (originally Orthis fissicosta)
Plectorthis jamesi ----- (originally Orthis jamesi)
Plectorthis neglecta ----- (originally Orthis neglecta)
Plectorthis plicatella ----- (originally Orthis plicatella) ----- type-species

plicatella

Orthis ----- see Plectorthis plicatella
Plectorthis

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OTHER SPECIES AND SPECIES-NAMES

Pectorthis compacta

Occurrence: Caradoc of Tennessee
Photograph: Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b (from Cooper, 1956).

source of information:

Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b, p. 758

Pectorthis ponderosa

Occurrence: Caradoc of Virginia

Photograph: Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b (from Cooper, 1956).

source of information:

Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b, p. 759.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

The following citations are not complete. For more complete, definitive citations, please, go to the bibliography web-page of this web-site.

Bassler, Ray S., 1915, Bibliographic Index of American Ordovician and Silurian Fossils: U.S. National Museum Bulletin 92, 2 v., p. I-VIII + 1-1,521, pls. 1-4.

Cooper, G. Arthur, 1956, Chazyan and Related Brachiopods: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v.127, no. I-II, p. 1-1245, pls. 1-269. ----- Needs to be verified.

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.

Foertse, Aug. F., 1909a, Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian Fossils: Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University, v. 14, art. 13, p. 209-231, pl. 4.

Foerste, Aug. F., 1910, Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian and Lexington Fossils of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee: Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University, v. 16, art. 2, p. 17-99, pls. I-VI.

Foerste, Aug. F., 1912b, Strophomena and Other Fossils from Cincinnatian and Mohawkian Horizons, Chiefly in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky: Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University, v. 17, art. 2, p. 17-173, pls. I-XVIII

Hall, James, 1847

Hall, James, 1861, Contributions to Palaeontology. Being the results of some of the investigations made during the years 1859 and 1860. Observations upon some new and other species of fossils, from the rocks of the Hudson-river group of Ohio and the western states; with descriptions: Fourteenth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York. On the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto, appendix C, p. 89-92.

Hall and Clarke, 1892

Hall, James, and R. P. Whitfield, 1875, Descriptions of Invertebrate Fossils, Mainly from the Silurian System: Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, v. 2, pt. 2, p. 65-180, pls. 1-13.

James, U. P., 1879b, Descriptions of Newly Discovered Fossils: The Paleontologist, no. 4, p. 25-26.

Meek, F. B., 1873, Descriptions of Invertebrate Fossils of the Silurian and Devonian Systems: Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, v. 1, pt. II, p. 1-243, pls. 1-23.

Miller, S. A., 1875a, Monograph of the Class Brachiopoda of the Cincinnati Group: Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, v. 2, no. 1, p. 6-62. ----- V. [listed in Davis and Spohn, 1998, as 1875g].

Schuchert, Charles, and G. A. Cooper, 1932, Brachiopod Genera of the Suborders Orthoidea and Pentameroidea: Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 4, no. 1, p. xii + 270 p., pls. A, 1-29. ----- Needs to be verified.

Schwimmer, Barbara A., and Michael R. Sandy, 1996, Phylum Brachiopoda: IN Fossils of Ohio (Feldmann, Rodney M., and Merrianne Hackathorn, eds.): Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Bulletin 70, p. 210-241.

Williams, Alwyn, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, et al., 2000b

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ANKYLIOGRAPHY

Steven M. Holland web-site (25 May 2004): http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/articulata/Plectorthis.html

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