Where: Massachusetts (42.0° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 72.1° S, 63.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sunnaginia imbricata small shelly zone, Lower Member (Weymouth Formation), Placentian (541.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, red, argillaceous wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical
Primary reference: E. Landing. 1988. Lower Cambrian of eastern Massachusetts: stratigraphy and small shelly fossils. Journal of Paleontology 62(5):661-695 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 56853: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhombocorniculum cancellatum Cobbold 1921 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Sunnaginia imbricata Rozanov et al. 1969 | |
Life | |
Torellella laevigata Linnarsson 1871 |