SA-SC-12A. Near letter R of St. Albans sheet, NW of GA Center (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as Just east of lentil that yielded most of the fossils. Near limestone lentils near letter R of St. Albans sheet, NW of Georgia Center = “Skeels Corner Slate, NW Vermont” of Sepkoski lists

Where: Vermont (44.8° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 80.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cedaria trilobite zone, Skeels Corner Slate Formation, Marjumian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• "uppermost M. Camb."

Environment/lithology: marine; slate

• "slate assoc. with thin ls and at least 1 "bioherm". outer shelf -BA4? (Palmer: outer detrital) geosynclinal."

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: "Collections: SA-EC-7, M-NC-10, SA-SC-10, M-NC-4, M-NC-3, SA-SE-1, M-NC-13, SA-EC-4, SA-SC-2"

Primary reference: A. B. Shaw. 1966. Paleontology of Northwestern Vermont. X. Fossils from the (Cambrian) Skeels Corners Formation. Journal of Paleontology 40(2):269-295 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• "A.B.Shaw 1966. Paleontology of northwestern Vermont. X. Fossils from the (Cambrian) Skeels Corner Fm. J.Paleo 40:269-295"
unclassified
  -
Bovicornellum
  -
Eocrinoidea
  -
? Eocrinoidea indet. Jaekel 1918
originally entered as "? Eocrinoidea indet."
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Bohemiellidae
? Diraphora sp.
originally entered as "? Diraphora sp."
 Protorthida - Protorthidae
 Pentamerida - Huenellidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Tergomya
 Kiringellida -
Hypseloconus "A" Berkey 1898
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Helcionella "A" Grabau and Shimer 1909
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
 Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
"Hysteropleura schucherti" = Bolaspidella, "Hysteropleura macgerriglei" = Bolaspidella, Bolaspidella convexa
"Hysteropleura schucherti" = Bolaspidella trilobite
"Hysteropleura macgerriglei" = Bolaspidella trilobite
Bolaspidella convexa Howell 1937 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
? Alokistocarella sp. Resser 1938 trilobite
originally entered as "? Alokistocarella sp."
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Exigua quadrata trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Vermontella secunda n. sp. trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Bynumia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
"? Onchonotopis sp." = Onchonotopsis Rasetti 1946 trilobite
originally entered as "? Onchontopsis sp."
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Agnostidae indet. M'Coy 1849