Sect. 8, 977.76-3, Davis F., Elvins Group, MO - Kurtz 1975 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: St. Francois County, Missouri (37.8° N, 90.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.0° S, 86.5° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Conaspis zone, Davis Formation, Franconian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified shale and dolomite

• main: dolomitic nodules in shale; unit e generalization: 75 percent or more shale, abundance of small dolomite nodules with thick-bedded dolomite mud-chip conglomerates.

Collection methods: Collection name 977.76-3 means notebook 977, the section described beginning on page 76 of the notebook, and the third collection from the base of the section.

Primary reference: V. E. Kurtz. 1975. Franconian (Upper Cambrian) trilobite faunas from the Elvins Group of Southeast Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 49(6):1009-1043 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9184: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 03.10.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Olenida - Parabolinoididae
Orygmaspis sp., Kendallina sp., Taenicephalus shumardi
Orygmaspis sp. Resser 1937 trilobite
Kendallina sp. Berg 1953 trilobite
Taenicephalus shumardi Hall 1863 trilobite