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(Top) 1 Fossil content 1.1 Vertebrates 1.1.1 Conodonts 1.1.2 Placoderms 1.2 Invertebrates 1.2.1 Brachiopods 1.2.2 Cnidarians 1.2.3 Echinoderms 1.2.4 Trilobites 2 See also 3 References

Thunder Bay Limestone

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Thunder Bay Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian (Givetian)^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Traverse Group^[1]
Sub-units	Partidge Point Member, Potter Farm Member, and Norway Point Member
Underlies	Kettle Point Formation and Squaw Bay Limestone
Overlies	Potter Farm Formation^[1]
Location
Region	Michigan
Country	United States

The Thunder Bay Limestone is a geologic formationinMichigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

Stratigraphy of the Devonian deposits of the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, showing the Thunder Bay Limestone^[1]

Fossil content[edit]

Vertebrates[edit]

Conodonts[edit]

Conodonts reported from the Thunder Bay Limestone
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Icriodus	I. cymbiformis		^[2]	Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Alpena and Norway Point formations.
	I. expansus		^[2]	Also found in the Detroit River, Traverse, Antrim, Lucas, Anderdon, Dundee, Bell, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Alpena, Potter Farm and Norway Point formations.
	I. latericrescens latericrescens		^[2]	Also found in the Traverse, Bell, Ferron Point, Genshaw, Newton Creek, Alpena, Four Mile Dam,,Norway Point and Potter Farm formations.
Polygnathus	P. varcus		^[2]	Also found in the Traverse, Antrim, Alpena, Four Mile Dam and Norway Point formations.

Placoderms[edit]

Placoderms reported from the Thunder Bay Limestone
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Ptyctodus	P. sp.	"Northeast shore of Partridge Point, 6.4 kilometers south of Alpena".^[1]	A tooth plate (UMMP 3023).^[1]	Aptyctodontid.

Invertebrates[edit]

Brachiopods[edit]

Brachiopods reported from the Thunder Bay Limestone
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Pentamerella	P. proteus		^[3]
Spinulicosta	S. mutocosta		^[3]	Also found in the Bell, Rockport Quarry, Ferron Point, Four Mile Dam, Beebe School and Potter Farm formations.

Cnidarians[edit]

Cnidarians reported from the Thunder Bay Limestone
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Syringopora	S. ehlersi	Bluffs on northeast shore of Partridge Point, 4 miles south of Alpena, Alpena County.^[4]		Atabulate coral.

Echinoderms[edit]

Echinoderms reported from Thunder Bay Limestone
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Corocrinus	C. pettyesi	Bluffs on northeast shore of Partridge Point, 4 miles south of Alpena, Alpena County.^[5]		Acrinoid.
Gennaeocrinus	G. romingeri	Bluffs on northeast shore of Partridge Point, 4 miles south of Alpena, Alpena County.^[5]		Acrinoid.

Trilobites[edit]

Trilobites reported from the Thunder Bay Limestone
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Dechenella	D. (Basidechenella) reimanni	Alpena County, Michigan.^[6]
Dechenella	D. (Basidechenella) sp. C	Alpena County, Michigan.^[6]	A single specimen.^[6]
Dipleura	D. dekayi	Partridge Point on Thunder Bay, about 4 miles south of Alpena.^[6]		Also found in the Norway Point Formation.
Greenops	G. alpenensis	Alpena County, Michigan.^[6]
Phacops	P. iowensis	Alpena County, Michigan.^[6]		Also found in the Potter Farm and Petoskey formations.
Proetus	P. (Crassiproetus) alpenensis	^[6]		Also found in the Potter Farm Formation.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stack, Jack; Sallan, Lauren (2018-09-20). "An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan". PeerJ. 6 (2). doi:10.7717/peerj.5636. PMC 6151260.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Orr, R. William (1971). "Conodonts from Middle Devonian Strata from the Michigan Basin". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

^ ^a ^b Imbrie, John (1959). "Brachiopods of the Traverse group (Devonian) of Michigan. Part 1, Dalmanellacea, Pentameracea, Strophomenacea, Orthotetacea, Chonetacea, and Productacea. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 116, article 4". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

^ Watkins, J. Lloyd (1959). "Middle Devonian Auloporid Corals from the Traverse Group of Michigan". Journal of Paleontology. 33 (5): 793–808. ISSN 0022-3360.

^ ^a ^b Kesling, Robert V. (1964). "Two New Crinoids of the Family Periechocrinitidae from the Middle Devonian Thunder Bay Limestone of Michigan". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. XIX (11): 143–155.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Stumm, Erwin (1953). "Trilobites of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan" (PDF). University of Michigan Press - Museum of Paleontology.