2134'. Well 3/4 mile north of Danceyville.: Cassinian, Tennessee

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
2132 - 2134
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Tennessee County:Haywood
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 89.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.0° North, 109.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Early Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 1-2
Key time interval: Cassinian
Age range of interval: 483.4 - 471.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Smithville Member:Black Rock
Local section:C. L. Maguire Inc Danceyville Local bed:2134 ft
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,hydrochloric
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:210751
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-06-18 14:12:38 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-06-18 14:12:38
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
72775. G. A. Cooper. 1956. A New Upper Canadian Fauna from a Deep Well in Tennessee. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):29-34 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

11492 E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]