Loc. 8, Greenmount Church area (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as Green Mount Church

Where: Rockingham County, Virginia (38.5° N, 78.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 58.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oranda Formation, Turinian (457.3 - 453.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• "Cobbly limestone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by W. R. Evitt, H. B. Whittington, G. A. Cooper; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: H. B. Whittington. 1956. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites: the Odontopleuridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 114(6):155-288 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105203: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 17.02.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella costellata1
Dalmanella costellata1 Cooper 1956
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala rarispina n. sp., Apianurus barbatus, Diacanthaspis scitulus n. sp., Diacanthaspis aff. ulrichi, Diacanthaspis orandensis n. sp.
Ceratocephala rarispina n. sp. Whittington 1956 trilobite
Apianurus barbatus Whittington 1956 trilobite
Diacanthaspis scitulus n. sp. Whittington 1956 trilobite
Diacanthaspis aff. ulrichi Whittington 1956 trilobite
Diacanthaspis orandensis n. sp. Whittington 1956 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurus sp.3, Acanthoparypha sp.3
Ceraurus sp.3 Green 1832 trilobite
Acanthoparypha sp.3 Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuridae indet.3, "Encrinuroides uncatus" = Erratencrinurus uncatus2
Encrinuridae indet.3 Angelin 1854 trilobite
"Encrinuroides uncatus" = Erratencrinurus uncatus2 Evitt and Tripp 1977 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanitidae indet.3
Dalmanitidae indet.3 Vogdes 1890 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenidae indet.3
Illaenidae indet.3 Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Dimeropyge sp.3
Dimeropyge sp.3 Opik 1937 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp.3
Otarion sp.3 Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphidae indet.3
Asaphidae indet.3 Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus sp.3
Cryptolithus sp.3 Green 1832 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Lichidae indet.3
Lichidae indet.3 Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
1Cooper 1956; 2Evitt and Tripp 1977; 3Whittington 1959