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The Rockport Quarry Limestone is a geologic formation in Michigan It preserves fossils dating back to the middle Devonian period Rockport Quarry LimestoneStratigraphic range Middle Devonian Givetian 1 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N TypeGeological formationUnit ofTraverse GroupUnderliesFerron Point Formation 1 OverliesBell Shale 1 2 ThicknessApproximately 14 meters 2 LocationRegion MichiganCountry United States Stratigraphy of the Devonian deposits of the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan showing the Rockport Quarry Limestone 1 Contents 1 Fossil content 1 1 Vertebrates 1 1 1 Acanthodians 1 1 2 Cartilaginous fish 1 1 3 Placoderms 1 2 Invertebrates 1 2 1 Brachiopods 1 2 2 Bryozoans 1 2 3 Crustaceans 1 2 4 Echinoderms 1 2 5 Molluscs 1 2 6 Sponges 1 2 7 Trilobitomorphs 1 3 Plants and algae 1 4 Cyanophytes 1 5 Foraminifera 2 See also 3 ReferencesFossil content editColor keyTaxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Vertebrates edit The Devonian vertebrate fauna of the Rockport Quarry Limestone is the most diverse in Michigan 1 Acanthodians edit Acanthodians reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes Images Machaeracanthus M sp A single specimen UMMP 13047 1 Cartilaginous fish edit Cartilaginous fish reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesPhoebodus P cf P sophiae Alpena Michigan 3 A tooth 3 An early elasmobranch Tamiobatis T sp At the abandoned Kelly Island Limestone Quarry at Rockport State Park Alpena County 1 A single small spine UMMP 13147 1 A ctenacanthoid nbsp Placoderms edit Placoderms reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesDinomylostoma D sp 1 An arthrodire Dunkleosteus D sp Rockport Quarry Alpena County 1 A single incomplete right anterior ventrolateral UMMP 16152 1 An arthrodire nbsp Holonema H rugosum A single specimen UMMP 3898 1 An arthrodire H sp 26 specimens 1 An arthrodire nbsp Mylostoma M sp A single specimen UMMP 13612 1 An arthrodire Placodermi At the abandoned Kelly Island Limestone Quarry at Rockport State Park Alpena County 1 2 specimens 7M VP 522 1 Placoderms of unknown affinity nbsp Protitanichthys P rockportensis 59 specimens 1 An arthrodire nbsp Ptyctodus P sp A single specimen UMMP 13045 1 A ptyctodontid nbsp Invertebrates edit Brachiopods edit Brachiopods reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesChonetes C mediolatus 4 Also found in the Bell Shale Ferron Point Formation and St Laurent Limestone Pentamerella P sp B Basal 8 inches of the formation 4 2 specimens 4 Pholidostrophia P gracilis gracilis 4 Also found in the Bell Ferron Point and Genshaw formations Schizophoria S ferronensis Basal 8 inches of the formation 4 Also found in the Bell Shale Ferron Point Formation and Silica Shale Schuchertella S crassa 4 Also found in the lower Bell Shale Ferron Point Formation and Arkona Shale Spinulicosta S mutocosta 4 Also found in the Bell Ferron Point Four Mile Dam Beebe School Thunder Bay and Potter Farm formations Strophodonta S extenuata rockportensis Lower 8 inches of the formation 4 Tylothyris T rockportensis 5 Appears to be endemic to the Michigan Basin T subvaricosa 5 Also found in the Cedar Valley Milwaukee Mineola Bell Ferron Point Genshaw Alpena Gravel Point Norway Point and Potter Farm formations Bryozoans edit Bryozoans reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesFenestellidae Species A 2 Species B 2 Species C 2 Trepostomata Species A 2 Species B 2 Crustaceans edit Crustaceans reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesOstracoda 2 Phlyctiscapha P rockportensis Basal part of the formation 6 An ostracod Echinoderms edit Echinoderms reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesCrinoidea Observed as disaggregated ossicles ossicles stacked en echellon and fragments of columnals 2 Molluscs edit Molluscs reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesCephalopoda All specimens collected as single hand specimens 2 Gastropoda 2 Sponges edit Sponges reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesClathrodictyidae 2 Idiostromatidae 2 Stromatoporidae 2 Trilobitomorphs edit Trilobitomorphs reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesTrilobitomorpha 200 m south of the large sinkhole on the west wall of Rockport Quarry 2 Plants and algae edit Plants and algae reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesCalcisphera C sp A Abandoned quarry of the Onaway Limestone Company on the shore of Black Lake 2 C sp B Abandoned quarry of the Onaway Limestone Company on the shore of Black Lake 2 Rhodophyta Indeterminate 200 m south of the large sinkhole on the west wall of Rockport Quarry 2 Vermiporella Observed as transverse sections most specimens now irregular in shape due to crushing 2 Cyanophytes edit Cyanophytes reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesGenus and species indeterminate Indeterminate Spherical bodies 3 5 microns in diameter 2 Oncolite Some post depositional crushing of the sample has occurred 2 Renalcis Abandoned quarry of the Onaway Limestone Company on the shore of Black Lake 2 Foraminifera edit Foraminifera reported from the Rockport Quarry LimestoneGenus Species Presence Material Notes ImagesFamily indet Found sparsely as solitary individuals in 6 specimens 2 Nodosinellidae 2 See also edit nbsp Earth sciences portal nbsp Michigan portal nbsp Paleontology portalList of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in MichiganReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Stack Jack Sallan Lauren 20 September 2018 An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan PeerJ 6 2 e5636 doi 10 7717 peerj 5636 PMC 6151260 PMID 30258725 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Cookman C W 1976 Petrology of the Rockport Quarry Limestone Middle Devonian Traverse Group Alpena Presque Isle and Montmorency Counties Michigan S2CID 130419618 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b Swinehart Anthony L Hoenig Matthew M J Ginter Michal July 2020 A New Addition to the Devonian Elasmobranch Fauna of Michigan U S A The American Midland Naturalist 184 1 109 115 doi 10 1637 0003 0031 184 1 109 inactive 31 January 2024 ISSN 0003 0031 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint DOI inactive as of January 2024 link a b c d e f g h Imbrie John 1959 Brachiopods of the Traverse group Devonian of Michigan Part 1 Dalmanellacea Pentameracea Strophomenacea Orthotetacea Chonetacea and Productacea Bulletin of the AMNH v 116 article 4 hdl 2246 1258 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b Rogers Frederick S Pitrat Charles W 1987 Distribution of Tylothyris Brachiopoda and Its Occurrence in the Traverse Group Middle Devonian of Michigan Journal of Paleontology 61 3 494 507 doi 10 1017 S0022336000028651 ISSN 0022 3360 JSTOR 1305304 S2CID 130922140 Kesling R V 1953 A New Beyrichiid Ostracod from the Middle Devonian Rockport Quarry Limestone of Michigan S2CID 127104889 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help nbsp This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Michigan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rockport Quarry Limestone amp oldid 1212459704, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
