E.S.C.O.N.I.

ORDOVICIAN GALLERY

The Ordovician period lasted 70 million years, from 430 million to 500 million years ago.  By the end of the Ordovician, all the common invertebrate fossil groups were present, and the vertebrates had appeared.

The following fossils were found and photographed by Dave Carlson, ESCONI member.

Liospira

Liospira (Gastropod),  Ft. Atkinson Formation, Maquoketa Group, Upper Ordovician

Anataphrus

Anataphrus (aka Vogdesia) from the Brainard Formation, Maquoketa Group, Upper Ordovician

Ordovician Links

Paleontological exhibit of Ordovician, Trentonian, fossil fauna of Green Bay

http://www.fox.uwc.edu/fossils/wisc/

 

Mohawk Valley Fossils

http://zircon.geology.union.edu/gildner/stack.html

 

Ozark Paleontology Web Site

http://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fv/geology/text/index.html

 

ENVS – Ichnology (Trace Fossils)

http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ENVS/research/ichnology/

 

graptolite working group index page

http://www.geology.buffalo.edu/gwg/index.htm

 

Lake Témiscamingue Fossil Centre in Notre-Dame-du-Nord

http://www.avalonworlds.com/rlcst/index2.html

 

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