Conasauga - group summary (Cambrian of the United States)
Where: Georgia (34.4° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 98.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Consauga Group, Cambrian (538.8 - 485.4 Ma)
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: unlithified limestone and lithified shale
• massive blue to black crystalline limestones, fine-grained light-gray limestones, and greenish to yellow shales
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. T. Allen and J. G. Lester. 1954. Contributions to the Paleontology of Northwest Georgia. Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 62:1-166 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164675: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 10.12.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita | |
Elrathiella buttsi trilobite
Elrathia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite | |
Coosia superba trilobite | |
"Solenopleurella buttsi" = Spencella buttsi
"Solenopleurella buttsi" = Spencella buttsi Resser 1938 trilobite | |
Coosella curticei trilobite
Armonia elongata Walcott 1916 trilobite | |
Tricrepicephalus cedarensis trilobite | |
Asaphiscus sp., "Eteraspis glabra" = Asaphiscus glaber, "Blania gregaria" = Asaphiscus (Blainia) gregarius
Asaphiscus sp. Meek 1873 trilobite
"Eteraspis glabra" = Asaphiscus glaber Walcott 1916 trilobite
"Blania gregaria" = Asaphiscus (Blainia) gregarius Walcott 1916 trilobite | |
"Asphelaspis hamblensis" = Aphelaspis
"Asphelaspis hamblensis" = Aphelaspis trilobite | |
Hexactinellida | |
Brooksella (cf. Brooksella) alternata Walcott 1896 glass sponge |