Rohrerstown [Middle Member, Kinzers Fm] (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (40.1° N, 76.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.2° N, 120.2° W (Wright 2013)

When: Middle Member (Kinzers Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 509.7 Ma)

• First limestone bed above the shale of the Lower Member. Was Tommotian-Atdabanian

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. J. Stose and G. W. Stose. 1944. Geology of the Hanover-York District Pennsylvania. Professional Paper 204 (US Geological Survey) (204)1-84 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 11114: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 17.07.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Periomella roddyi, "Cystid" indet.
Kutorginata
 Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia festinata
Nisusia festinata Billings 1861
 Kutorginida - Kutorginidae
Rustella edsoni, Kutorgina cingulata
Rustella edsoni Walcott 1905
Kutorgina cingulata Billings 1861
 Kutorginida - Yorkiidae
Yorkia wanneri
Yorkia wanneri Walcott 1897
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina bella
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp.
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Bonnia capito, Bonnia bubaris, Kootenia marcoui
Bonnia capito Walcott 1916 trilobite
Bonnia bubaris Walcott 1916 trilobite
Kootenia marcoui trilobite
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Olenellus sp.
Olenellus sp. Hall 1861 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Ptychoparella sp., Ptychoparella lancastra, ? Kochiella (Pennsylvanica) sp.
Ptychoparella sp. Poulson 1927 trilobite
? Kochiella (Pennsylvanica) sp. Poulsen 1927 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Dawsonia parkeri
Salterella
  - Salterellidae
Salterella sp.
Salterella sp. Billings 1861