Rockport Quarry Limestone
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| type = Geological formation
| age = {{fossil range|Givetian|Givetian|Middle Devonian (Givetian)}}
| period = Devonian
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| region = {{Flag|Michigan}}
| country = {{Flag|United States}}
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| unitof = Traverse Group
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| underlies = Ferron Point Formation
| overlies = Bell Shale
| thickness = Approximately 14 meters
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The Rockport Quarry 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 of the Devonian deposits of the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, showing the Rockport Quarry Limestone{{Cite journal |last1=Stack |first1=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 |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=e5636 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5636|pmid=30258725 |pmc=6151260 |doi-access=free }}]]
Fossil content
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=Vertebrates=
==Acanthodians==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Acanthodians reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
?Machaeracanthus
|?M. sp. | |A single specimen (UMMP 13047). | | |
==Cartilaginous fish==
==Placoderms==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Placoderms reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Dinomylostoma
|D. sp. | |An arthrodire. | | ||||
Dunkleosteus
|D. sp. |Rockport Quarry, Alpena County. |A single incomplete right anterior ventrolateral (UMMP 16152). |An arthrodire. |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-4-c.png | ||||
rowspan="2" |Holonema
|?H. rugosum | |A single specimen (UMMP 3898). |An arthrodire. | | ||||
H. sp.
| |An arthrodire. |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-4-a.png | ||||
Mylostoma
|M. sp. | |A single specimen (UMMP 13612). |An arthrodire. | | ||||
Placodermi
| |At the abandoned Kelly Island Limestone Quarry at Rockport State Park, Alpena County. |Placoderms of unknown affinity. |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-4-b.png | ||||
Protitanichthys
|P. rockportensis | |An arthrodire. |File:An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan fig-6-full.png | ||||
Ptyctodus
|P. sp. | |A single specimen (UMMP 13045). |A ptyctodontid. |
=Invertebrates=
==Brachiopods==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Brachiopods reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Chonetes
|C. mediolatus | |Also found in the Bell Shale, Ferron Point Formation and St. Laurent Limestone. | | ||||
Pentamerella
|P. sp. B |Basal 8 inches of the formation. | | | ||||
Pholidostrophia
|P. gracilis gracilis | |Also found in the Bell, Ferron Point and Genshaw formations. | | ||||
Schizophoria
|S. ferronensis |Basal 8 inches of the formation. | |Also found in the Bell Shale, Ferron Point Formation and Silica Shale. | | ||||
Schuchertella
|S. crassa | |Also found in the lower Bell Shale, Ferron Point Formation and Arkona Shale. | | ||||
Spinulicosta
|S. mutocosta | |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. | | | | ||||
rowspan=2|Tylothyris
|T. rockportensis | |Appears to be endemic to the Michigan Basin. | | ||||
T. subvaricosa
| |Also found in the Cedar Valley, Milwaukee, Mineola, Bell, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Alpena, Gravel Point, Norway Point and Potter Farm formations. | |
==Bryozoans==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Bryozoans reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
rowspan="3" |Fenestellidae
|Species A | | | | ||||
Species B
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Species C
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rowspan=2|Trepostomata
|Species A | | | | ||||
Species B
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==Crustaceans==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Crustaceans reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Ostracoda
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Phlyctiscapha
|P. rockportensis |Basal part of the formation.{{Cite journal |last=Kesling |first=R. V. |date=1953 |title=A New Beyrichiid Ostracod from the Middle Devonian Rockport Quarry Limestone of Michigan |s2cid=127104889 |language=en}} | |An ostracod. | |
==Echinoderms==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Echinoderms reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Crinoidea
| | |"Observed as disaggregated ossicles, ossicles stacked en echellon, and fragments of columnals". | | |
==Molluscs==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Molluscs reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Cephalopoda
| | |"All specimens collected as single-hand specimens". | | | ||||
Gastropoda
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==Sponges==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Sponges reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Clathrodictyidae
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Idiostromatidae
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Stromatoporidae
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==Trilobitomorphs==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Trilobitomorphs reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Trilobitomorpha
| | 200 m south of the large sinkhole on the west wall of Rockport Quarry. | | | |
=Plants and algae=
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colspan="6" align="center" | Plants and algae reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
rowspan=2|Calcisphera
|C. sp. A |"Abandoned quarry of the Onaway Limestone Company on the shore of Black Lake". | | | | ||||
C. sp. B
|"Abandoned quarry of the Onaway Limestone Company on the shore of Black Lake". | | | | ||||
Rhodophyta
|Indeterminate |200 m south of the large sinkhole on the west wall of Rockport Quarry. | | | | ||||
Vermiporella
| | |"Observed as transverse sections, most specimens now irregular in shape due to crushing". | | |
=Cyanophytes=
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colspan="6" align="center" | Cyanophytes reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Genus and species indeterminate
|Indeterminate | |"Spherical bodies 3-5 microns in diameter". | | | ||||
Oncolite
| | | |"Some post-depositional crushing of the sample has occurred". | | ||||
Renalcis
| |"Abandoned quarry of the Onaway Limestone Company on the shore of Black Lake". | | | |
=Foraminifera=
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colspan="6" align="center" | Foraminifera reported from the Rockport Quarry Limestone | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Family indet.
| | |"Found sparsely as solitary individuals in 6 specimens". | | | ||||
Nodosinellidae
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See also
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Michigan|Paleontology}}
References
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{{Stratigraphic column of Michigan}}
Category:Middle Devonian Series
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