Four Mile Dam Formation
{{Short description|Geological feature in Michigan USA}}
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| name = Four Mile Dam Formation
| image = File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-5-full.png
| caption = Vertebrate remains from the Four Mile Dam Formation.
| type = Geological formation
| age = {{fossil range|Givetian|Givetian|Middle Devonian (Givetian)}}
| period = Devonian
| prilithology = Limestone
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| region = {{Flag|Michigan}}
| country = {{Flag|United States}}
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| unitof = Traverse Group
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The Four Mile Dam Formation, also called the Four Mile Dam Limestone, is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the middle Devonian period.
File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-1-full.png
Fossil content
=Vertebrates=
==Acanthodians==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Acanthodians reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
'Acanthodii'
|Unidentified | |"Two partial fin spines (JS 120, JS 121)".{{Cite journal |last=Stack |first=Jack |last2=Sallan |first2=Lauren |date=2018-09-20 |title=An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327778213_An_examination_of_the_Devonian_fishes_of_Michigan |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |issue=2 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5636|doi-access=free |pmc=6151260 }} | "Distinct from named acanthodians (Gyracanthus, Machaeracanthus, and Oracanthus) and chondrichthyans (Tamiobatis and Acondylacanthus) reported from Michigan". |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-5-a.png |
==Conodonts==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Conodonts reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Acodina
|A. formosa | | Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Dundee, Bell, Alpena and Norway Point formations. | | ||||
Belodella
|B. devonicus | |Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Alpena and Norway Point formations. | | ||||
Icriodus
|I. latericrescens latericrescens | |Also found in the Traverse, Bell, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Newton Creek, Alpena, Norway Point, Potter Farm and Thunder Bay formations. | | ||||
Ozarkodina
|O. willsi | |Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Dundee, Alpena and Norway Point formations. | | ||||
Polygnathus
|P. varcus | |Also found in the Traverse, Antrim, Alpena, Norway Point and Thunder Bay formations. | |
==Placoderms==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Placoderms reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
?Macropetalichthys
|?M. sp. | |"A partial head shield (32M)". |A petalichthyid. |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-8-a.png | ||||
?Mylostoma
|?M. sp. | |39 specimens, including potential juveniles. | |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-5-b.png | ||||
'Placodermi'
|Unidentified | |"One specimen of an armour plate (JS 4)". | |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-5-c.png | ||||
Protitanichthys
|P. rockportensis | |"One specimen of an armor fragment (JS 101)". |A coccosteid. | |
=Invertebrates=
{{Paleobiota-key-compact}}
==Brachiopods==
==Corals==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Corals reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
rowspan=2|Aulocystis
|A. cooperi | |Also found in the Plum Brook shale, Silica shale and Potter Farm Formation. | | ||||
A. jacksoni
| | Also found in the Silica Shale, Ferron Point Formation, Petoskey Formation, Hungry Hollow Formation, Widder Shale, Wanakah shale and Centerfield Limestone. | | ||||
rowspan=2|Aulopora
|A. conferta | |Also found in the Bell, Ferron Point, Gravel Point, Genshaw, Alpena, Potter Farm, Petoskey and Hungry Hollow formations. | | ||||
A. gregaria
| |Also found in the Genshaw Formation, Alpena Limestone and Petoskey Formation. | | ||||
Pachyphragma
|P. concentricum | |Also found in the Ferron Point Formation, Gravel Point Formation and Alpena Limestone. | |
==Gastropods==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Gastropods reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
rowspan=2|Anematina
|A. conica | |An elasmonematid. | | ||||
A. mellaria
| |An elasmonematid, very rare in the Four Mile Dam Limestone. | | ||||
Bembexia
|B. (Genuspira) nodosa |An eotomariid and the most abundant gastropod in the formation. | | ||||
Dictyobembix
|D. bella |An eotomariid. | | ||||
Mourlonia
|M. lirata | |An eotomariid. | | ||||
Murchisonia
|M. (Murchisonia) subulata | |A murchisoniid, extremely rare in the formation. | | ||||
Naticopsis
|N. sp. | |A neritopsid, extremely rare in the formation. | | ||||
Palaeoscurria?
|P.? sp. |3 poorly preserved ventral molds. |A metoptomatid. | | ||||
rowspan="3" |Platyceras
|P. (Platyceras) bartlettense | |A platyceratid. | | ||||
P. (Euthyrachis) indianense
| |A platyceratid. | | ||||
P. (Orthonychia) variabilis
| |A platyceratid. | | ||||
Pseudozygopleuridae? Genus A
|Genus A sp. A |Relatively numerous steinkerns. | | | ||||
Pseudozygopleuridae? Genus B
|Genus B sp. B |One very poorly preserved steinkern with a few small shell patches (YPM 23684). | | | ||||
Spiroscala
|S. sp. |An eotomariid. | | ||||
Straparollus
|S. (Philoxene) sp. |3 poorly preserved specimens. | An euomphalid. | | ||||
Trepospira
|T. (Angyomphalus) bella | |A raphistomatid, very rare in the Four Mile Dam Limestone. | | ||||
Turbinilopsis
|T. anacarina |An anomphalid. | |
==Sponges==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Sponges reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Anostylostroma
|A. anacolumna | On Thunder Bay River.{{Cite journal |last=Tyler |first=John H. |date=1964 |title=Anostylostroma anacolumna n. sp. from the Four Mile Dam Limestone (Hamilton), Alpena County, Michigan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1301606 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=5 |pages=885–886 |issn=0022-3360}} | | A stromatoporoid. | |
==Trilobites==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Trilobites reported from the Four Mile Dam Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Cordania
|C. rara | | | | ||||
rowspan="2" |Dechenella
|D. (Monodechenella) macrocephala | |Also found in the Hamilton Group. | | ||||
D. (Basidechenella) rowi
| |Also known from the Hamilton Group. | | ||||
Eldredgeops
| |Originally reported as Phacops rana. Also found in the Hamilton, Hungry Hollow, Widder, Plum Brook, Prout, Ten Mile Creek, Alpena, Norway Point and Gravel Point formations. | ||||
rowspan=2|Greenops
|G. aequituberculatus | |Also found in the Norway Point and Gravel Point formations. | | ||||
G. traversensis
| |Also found in the Gravel Point Formation. | | ||||
style="background:#f3e9f3;" |Phacops
|style="background:#fbdddb;" |P. rana |style="background:#fbdddb;" | |style="background:#fbdddb;" | |style="background:#fbdddb;" |Reassigned to the genus Eldredgeops. |style="background:#fbdddb;" | | ||||
Proetus
|P. (Crassiproetus) traversensis | | Also known from the Gravel Point Formation. | |
See also
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References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021|archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}}
Category:Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits
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