Also known as Was: Knox - group summary
Where: Chattooga County, Georgia (34.5° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 78.0° W)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Newala Formation (Knox Group), Blackhillsian (474.9 - 470.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone and lithified, cherty/siliceous dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
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 164676: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 10.12.2014, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Lecanospira compacta" = Lecanospira compacta, "Lecanospira cf. salteri" = Lecanospira compacta, "Lecanospira knoxvillensis n. sp." = Lecanospira compacta, "Lecanospira sigmoidea" = Lecanospira compacta, Ophileta complanata
"Lecanospira compacta" = Lecanospira compacta Salter 1859 snail Here and At intersection of old Alabama Road (Ga. highway 151) and Georgia highway 2, Index Map 3, location A.
"Lecanospira cf. salteri" = Lecanospira compacta Salter 1859 snail Locality No. 593Z, 1.5 miles northwest of Taylorsville, location 3 on map in pocket
Ophileta complanata Vanuxem 1842 snail Collected on Hurricane Creek east of Graysville, location 2 on map in pocket.
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"Ceratopea sulcata" = Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea tennesseensis2, "Ophileta cf. grandis" = Ceratopea grandis, Orospira sp., Orospira sp.1
"Ceratopea sulcata" = Ceratopea subconica Oder 1932 snail Locality No. 593W. one mile south of Chickamauga, location 5 on map in pocket.
Ceratopea tennesseensis2 Oder 1932 snail Locality No. 593X. 1500 feet northeast of Kensington, location 4 on map in pocket.
Orospira sp. Butts 1926 snail Here and Collected along L & N railroad east of Graysville, location 6 on map in pocket.
Orospira sp.1 Butts 1926 snail Collected on Hurricane Creek east of Graysville, location 2 on map in pocket.
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"Hormotoma sp." = Hormotoma
"Hormotoma sp." = Hormotoma Salter 1859 snail Collected along L & N railroad east of Graysville, location 6 on map in pocket.
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