UGA Stratigraphy Lab

The data is in the strata

Ceratopsis

Specimen Photo

Ceratopsis chambersi
Photo courtesy of Jack Kallmeyer
Specimen is 1 mm long

Specimen Photo

Ceratopsis intermedia
Photo from Warshauer and Berdan, 1982
Scale bar is 1 mm

Distinguished from Tetradella by the remarkable process that arises from dorsal extremity of the posterior ridge. This may be straight and hornlike with one of the edges toothed, or expanded somewhat mushroomlike (Bassler and Kellett, 1934).

Species

Ceratopsis asymmetrica Warshauer and Berdan, 1982
Occurrence: Clays Ferry
Reference: Warshauer and Berdan, 1982

Ceratopsis chambersi (Miller, 1874)
Occurrence: Clays Ferry, Fulton, Economy, Southgate, McMicken
Reference: Warshauer and Berdan, 1982; Bassler and Kellett, 1934

Ceratopsis fimbriata Warshauer and Berdan, 1982
Occurrence: Clays Ferry
Reference: Warshauer and Berdan, 1982

Ceratopsis intermedia Ulrich, 1894
Occurrence: Clays Ferry, Fulton
Reference: Warshauer and Berdan, 1982; Bassler and Kellett, 1934

Ceratopsis oculifera (Hall, 1871)
Occurrence: Corryville
Reference: Warshauer and Berdan, 1982; Smith and Tillman, 1996; Bassler and Kellett, 1934

Ceratopsis robusta (Ulrich, 1894)
Occurrence: Waynesville, Liberty, Whitewater, Elkhorn
Reference: Warshauer and Berdan, 1982; Bassler and Kellett, 1934