Tag: Platteville
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Video for ESCONI Paleontology Meeting May 2025 – “Platteville Oncocerid Nautiloids: Living on the Mohawkian Sea Floor”
Topic: Platteville Oncocerid Nautiloids: Living on the Mohawkian Sea FloorPresenter: John Catalani Although many Ordovician nautiloid faunas are dominated by straight-shelled orthoconic forms, this is not true for the incredibly abundant and diverse Platteville fauna. The Platteville nautiloid fauna consists of 9+ Orders with the Oncocerida accounting for 50+% of the published species. I will…
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Video for ESCONI May 2024 Paleontology Meeting – “The Upper Ordovician Platteville Formation”
The May 2024 Paleontology Study Group meeting was held on Saturday, May 18th, 2024. John Catalani did a presentation about the Upper Ordovician Platteville Formation here in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. He details the name changes how it relates to the surrounding area.
