Dundee Limestone

Dundee Limestone
Dundee Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian, ; 397.5–391.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Underlies	Traverse Group, Rogers City Limestone, and Silica Formation
Overlies	Anderdon Limestone, Detroit River Group, and Lucas Formation
Thickness	144.78 metres (475.0 ft)
Lithology
Primary	limestone, dolomite, chert
Location
Region	Ontario, Michigan, and Ohio
Country	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.

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

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

Anthozoa

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Favosites^[4]	F. "turbinatus"
Heterophrentis^[4]	H. prolifica
Hexagonaria^[4]^[5]	H. alternata
	H. anna
	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

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Atrypa^[4]	A. costata
Atrypa^[4]	A. elegans grabau
Brachyspirifer^[4]	B. lucasensis
Brachyspirifer^[4]	B. manni
Cyrtospirifer^[4]	C. sp. aff. grieri
Megastrophia^[4]	M. sp. aff. hemispherica
Pholidostronhia^[4]	P. nacrea
Protoleptostrophia^[4]	P. perplana
Rhipidomella ^[4]	R. variabilis
Schizophoria^[4]	S. folevi
Spinulicosta^[6]^[4]	S. spinulicosta
Stropheodonta^[4]	S. sp. aff. demissa

Bryozoa

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Sulcoretepora^[4]	S. gilberti

Charophyta

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Trochiliscus^[7]	T. bellatulus

Conodonta

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
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
Ozarkodina^[8]	O. lata
Paltodus^[8]	P. n. sp.
Plectospathodus^[8]	P. n. sp.
Polygnathus^[8]	P. eiflia
	P. linguiformis
	P. robusticostata
	P. webbi
Prioniodus^[8]	P. aversa

incertae sedis

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Coleolus^[4]	C. sp. aff. C. carbonarius

Mollusca

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Conocardium^[4]	C. subtrigonale
Cornellites^[4]	C. flabella
Michelinoceras	M. ohioensis
Paracydas ^[4]	P. proavia
Platyceras^[4]	P. carinatum
	P. dumosum
	P. keoughi
Pleuronotus^[4]	P. decewi

Osteichthyes

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Onychodus^[9]	O. eriensis

Ostracoda

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
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

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Tentaculites ^[4]	T. scalariformis

Trilobita

Genus	Species	Notes	Image
Basidechenella^[4]	B. rowi
Coronura^[11]	C. sp. aff. C. aspectans
Crassiproetus^[4]	C. crassimarginatus
Dechenella^[4]	D. planimarginata
Phacops^[12]	P. rana
Trypaulites^[11]	T. sp. aff. T. calypso
Viaphacops^[4]	V. cristatus

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).

[1] Smith, David A. (1972). "High-Calcium Limestone Facies of the Devonian Dundee Limestone, Northwest Ohio". Report of Investigations. 86.

[:0-2] Janssens, A. (1970). "Middle Devonian Formations in the Subsurface of Northwestern Ohio". Report of Investigations. 78.

[:4-3] ^ ^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.

[:2-4] ^ ^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).

[5] 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).

[6] 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

[7] Kesling, Robert Vernon (1966). "Trochiliscus bellatulus PECK from the Middle Devonian Dundee Limestone of northwestern Ohio". Contributions From The Museum of Paleontology. 20 (7).

[:5-8] ^ ^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.

[9] 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.

[:1-10] ^ ^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).

[:3-11] 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).

[12] 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).

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