USGS CO-3607 (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as Locality D of Neuman 1964

Where: Penobscot County, Maine (46.1° N, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° S, 56.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shin Brook Formation, Arenigian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, conglomeratic tuff

• 6 meters of beds exposed, consisting of fine- to coarse-grained conglomeratic tuff in graded beds, 12-65 cm thick. Fossils are scattered throughout these beds, but are most abundant in the uppermost exposed layer. Bedding strikes east, dips 80N; cleavage strong, strikes N55E, dips 75W.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. B. Neuman. 1964. Fossils in the Ordovician Tuffs Northeastern Maine, with a section on Trilobita by Harry B. Whittington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1181(E):1-38 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 115153: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 29.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Productorthis mainensis
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites robustus" = Paralenorthis robustus
"Orthambonites robustus" = Paralenorthis robustus Neuman 1964
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Famatinorthis cf. turneri
Famatinorthis cf. turneri Levy and Nullo 1973
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomella sp.
Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911