| Dundee Limestone |
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| Type | Formation |
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| Underlies | Traverse Group, Rogers City Limestone, and Silica Formation |
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| Overlies | Anderdon Limestone, Detroit River Group, and Lucas Formation |
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| Thickness | 144.78 metres (475.0 ft) |
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| Primary | limestone, dolomite, chert |
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| Region | Ontario, Michigan, and Ohio |
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| Country | United States, Canada |
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| Named for | Dundee, Michigan |
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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.
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
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| Eunicites[3]
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E. effusus
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| E. euconus
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| E. extensus
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| Ildraites[3]
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I. eminulus
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| Marleneites[3]
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M. elatus
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| M. explicatus
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| Nereidavus[3]
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N. exploratus
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| Paleoenonites[3]
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P. editus
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| P. exsertus
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| Staurocephalites[3]
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S. eucharis
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| S. ejectus
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Anthozoa
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| Favosites[4]
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F. "turbinatus"
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| Heterophrentis[4]
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H. prolifica
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| Hexagonaria[4][5]
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H. alternata
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| H. anna
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| H. sp. aff. H. coalita
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| H. parva
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| H. stewartae
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| H. tabulata
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| H. tabulata convexa
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| H. truncata
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| H. sp. A aff. H. truncata
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| H. sp. B aff. H. prisma
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Brachiopoda
Bryozoa
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| Sulcoretepora[4]
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S. gilberti
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Charophyta
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| Trochiliscus[7]
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T. bellatulus
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Conodonta
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| Acodina[8]
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A. formosa
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| Angulodus[8]
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A. walrathi
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| Bryantodus[8]
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B. mundus
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| Hibbardella[8]
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H. austinensis
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| H. hawkeyensa
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| H. separata
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| H. triangularis
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| H. n. sp. A
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| H. n. sp. B
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| Icriodus[8]
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I. angustus
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| I. "cymbiformis"
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| I. nodosus
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| I. sp. aff. I. eslaensi
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| I. latericrescens subsp. A
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| I. postifexus
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| Neoprioniodus[8]
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N. alatus
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| N. bicuwatus
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| N. n. sp.
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| N. pronus
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| Ozarkodina[8]
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O. congesta
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| O. lata
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| Paltodus[8]
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P. n. sp.
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| Plectospathodus[8]
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P. n. sp.
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| Polygnathus[8]
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P. eiflia
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| P. linguiformis
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| P. robusticostata
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| P. webbi
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| Prioniodus[8]
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P. aversa
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incertae sedis
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| Coleolus[4]
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C. sp. aff. C. carbonarius
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Mollusca
Osteichthyes
Ostracoda
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| Barychilina[10]
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B. periptyches
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| Dizygopleura[10]
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D. compsa
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| Hollinella[10]
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H. variopapillata
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| Keslingolophia[10]
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K. chariessa
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| Octonaria[10]
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O. sp
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| Trypetera[10]
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T. barathrota
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Tentaculitida
Trilobita
References
- ^ Smith, David A. (1972). "High-Calcium Limestone Facies of the Devonian Dundee Limestone, Northwest Ohio". Report of Investigations. 86.
- ^ a b Janssens, A. (1970). "Middle Devonian Formations in the Subsurface of Northwestern Ohio". Report of Investigations. 78.
- ^ a b c d e f Eller, E. R. (1963-08-23). "Scolecodonts from the Dundee, Devonian of Michigan". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 36: 173–180. doi:10.5962/p.247193. ISSN 0097-4463.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Stewart, Grace Anne (1955). "Age relations of the middle Devonian limestones in Ohio". The Ohio Journal of Science. 55 (3).
- ^ Stumm, Erwin C (1949). "Lower Middle Devonian species of the tetracoral genus Hexagonaria of east-central North America". Contributions From The Museum of Paleontology. 7 (2).
- ^ Muir-Wood, Helen; Cooper, G. Arthur (1960), "Morphology, Classification and Life Habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda)", Geological Society of America Memoirs, Geological Society of America, pp. 1–567, retrieved 2024-12-07
- ^ Kesling, Robert Vernon (1966). "Trochiliscus bellatulus PECK from the Middle Devonian Dundee Limestone of northwestern Ohio". Contributions From The Museum of Paleontology. 20 (7).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ferrigno, Kenneth F. (March 1971). "Environmental Influences on the Distribution and Abundance of Conodonts from the Dundee Limestone (Devonian), St. Mary's, Ontario". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 8 (3): 378–386. doi:10.1139/e71-038. ISSN 0008-4077.
- ^ Mann, Arjan; Rudkin, David; Evans, David C.; Laflamme, Marc (March 2017). "A large onychodontiform (Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii) apex predator from the Eifelian-aged Dundee Formation of Ontario, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54 (3): 233–241. doi:10.1139/cjes-2016-0119. hdl:1807/75619. ISSN 0008-4077.
- ^ a b c d e f Kesling, Robert V. (1954). "Ostracods from the Middle Devonian Dundee Limestone in Northwestern Ohio". Contributions From The Museum of Paleontology. 11 (8).
- ^ a b Stumm, Erwin Charles (1954). "Lower Middle Devonian phacopid trilobites from Michigan, Southwester Ontario, and the Ohio Valley". Contributions From The Museum of Paleontology. 11 (11).
- ^ Eldredge, Niles (1972). "Systematics and evolution of Phacops rana (Green, 1832) and Phacops iowensis Delo, 1935 (Trilobita) from the Middle Devonian of North America". Bulletin of the AMNH. 147 (2).