Lancaster, eastern PA, Kinzers Fm. (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as NMNH localities 8q, 12w, 12x, and 22L

Where: Pennsylvania (40.0° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 91.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Bonnia - Olenellus zone, Kinzers Formation, Dyeran (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• "L.Camb. lower Kinzers. Botomian. Bonnia-Olenellus"

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

• "outer shelf? ocean facing shelf, BA5"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Phil Novack-Gottshall

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "C.E. Resser and B.F. Howell 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachian. GSA Bull. 49 195-248"
Morania
  -
Morania sparsa Resser and Howell 1938
Marpolia
  -
Marpolia filosa Resser and Howell 1938
Bryopsidophyceae
 Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Margaretia stosei Resser and Howell 1938
Margaretia ramosa Resser and Howell 1938
Salterella
  - Salterellidae
Salterella acervulosa Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Salterella sp."
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Leptomitus minor Resser and Howell 1938 demosponge
originally entered as "Leptomitus sp."
 Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
"Leptomitus walcotti" = Hazelia walcotti
"Leptomitus walcotti" = Hazelia walcotti Resser and Howell 1938 demosponge
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella exigua Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Pelagiella sp."
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Helcionella sp. Grabau and Shimer 1909
Kutorginata
 Kutorginida - Kutorginidae
"Rustella sp." = Kutorgina
"Rustella sp." = Kutorgina Billings 1861
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina sp. Beecher 1891
"Paterina sp. undet."
Paterina roddyi Resser and Howell 1938
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
"Hyolithes sp. undet."
Hyolithes exilis Resser and Howell 1938
 Archaeopriapulida - Ottoidae
Ottoia sp. Walcott 1911
 Archaeopriapulida - Selkirkiidae
Selkirkia pennsylvanica
originally entered as "Selkirkia sp."
 Bradoriida - Indianidae
"? Indianites sp." = Indiana
"? Indianites sp." = Indiana Mathew 1902
originally entered as "? Indianites sp."
Deuteropoda
 Hymenostraca -
Hymenocaris sp. Salter 1853
originally entered as "Hymenocarus sp."
Crustacea
  -
Roddyia typa Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Roddyia sp."
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Esmeraldina macer Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
originally entered as "Esmeraldina sp."
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
"Olenellus roddyi" = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus nodosus" = Olenellus roddyi, "Paedeumias yorkense" = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus nitidus" = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus jonasae" = Olenellus roddyi, "Paedeumias glabrum" = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus similaris" = Olenellus roddyi, "Paedeumias eboracense" = Olenellus roddyi, Olenellus getzi, Olenellus peculiaris, Olenellus wanneri, Olenellus alius, Olenellus latilimbatus
"Olenellus roddyi" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus nodosus" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Paedeumias yorkense" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
originally entered as "Paedeumias sp."
"Olenellus nitidus" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus jonasae" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Paedeumias glabrum" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus similaris" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Paedeumias eboracense" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
Olenellus getzi Dunbar 1925 trilobite
originally entered as "Olenellus sp."
Olenellus peculiaris Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
Olenellus wanneri Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
Olenellus alius Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
Olenellus latilimbatus Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Wanneriidae
Wanneria walcottana Wanner 1901 trilobite
originally entered as "Wanneria sp."
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Bonniella sp. Resser 1937 trilobite
Bonnia sola Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
originally entered as "Bonnia sp."
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Lancastria roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
originally entered as "Lancastria sp."
Artiopoda
 Vicissicaudata -
Sidneyia sp. Walcott 1911
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
"Eoagnostus roddyi" = Peronopsis roddyi
"Eoagnostus roddyi" = Peronopsis roddyi Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Eoagostus roddyi"
Life
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris pennsylvanica Resser 1929
originally entered as "Anomalocarus sp."
Anomalocaris lineata Resser and Howell 1938
 Life -
Protocaris marshi Walcott 1884
originally entered as "Protocarus sp."
Life
 Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
Tuzoia dunbari, "Tuzoia getzi" = Tuzoia polleni, "Tuzoia nitida" = Tuzoia polleni
Tuzoia dunbari Resser 1929
originally entered as "Tuzoia sp."
"Tuzoia getzi" = Tuzoia polleni Resser 1929
"Tuzoia nitida" = Tuzoia polleni Resser 1929
Lepidocystoidea
  - Lepidocystidae
Lepidocystis wanneri Foerste 1938
originally entered as "Lepidocystis sp."
Edrioasteroidea
  -
Camptostroma roddyi Ruedemann 1933
Pterobranchia
  - Dithecodendridae
Dalyia annularoides Resser and Howell 1938 graptolite
Dalyia pennsylvanica Resser and Howell 1938 graptolite