Also known as This community no longer exists
Where: Decatur County, Tennessee (35.6° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 53.6° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathoides siluricus conodont zone, Beech River Member (Brownsport Formation), Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)
• Given as Niagaran; however, given later papers, this locality should be Beech River member of the Brownsport.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: argillaceous wackestone and calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157401: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bucanospira expansa n. gen. n. sp.
Bucanospira expansa n. gen. n. sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Blastoidea | |
Troosticrinus reinwardti Troost 1835 blastoid |