Etna mine, Midlothian: Late/Upper Triassic, Virginia
collected by N. Shaler & J. Woodworth 1890
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Holostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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| "ganoid fishes" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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| footprints | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Batrachia indet.
Macartney 1802
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| footprints | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Annelida indet.
Lamarck 1809
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| burrows | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Chesterfield |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 77.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.6° North, 21.9° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "upper part of lower" Newark Supergroup | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray,green "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | N. Shaler & J. Woodworth | Collection dates: | 1890s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 192421 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-04-02 17:00:44 | Last modified: | 2018-04-02 17:03:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-02 17:00:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65123. | N. S. Shaler and J. B. Woodworth. 1899. Geology of the Richmond Basin, Virginia. In C. D. Walcott (ed.), Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1897-98. Part II—Papers Chiefly of a Theoretic Nature 385-515 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |