Unit 1, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, Grasshopper Run Section II: Ludlow - Pridoli, West Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella interstriata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia bipartita
Leptostrophia bipartita var. curviradiata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia litchfieldensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" vanuxemi
"Spirifer" vanuxemi var. tonolowayensis
"Spirifer" keyserensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:West Virginia County:Morgan County
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 78.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° South, 42.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow - Pridoli
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Ludlow - Pridoli
Age range of interval: 427.4 - 419.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tonoloway Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Hard dark-gray crystalline limestone, with flattened pebbles at base.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:41172
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:K. Koverman
Modifier:K. Koverman Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-07 13:17:47 Last modified:2004-07-07 16:17:48
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-07 13:17:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10968.1% H. P. Woodward. 1941. Silurian System of West Virginia. West Virginia Geological Survey 14:1-326 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman]