1.2 miles S. 310 E. of Sharon Springs (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Virginia (37.0° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 61.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chatham Hill Formation, Ashbyan (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray, blue, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197377: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus, "Orthambonites bellus" = Sivorthis bellus
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956
"Orthambonites bellus" = Sivorthis bellus Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Cristiferina cristata" = Paucicrura cristata
"Cristiferina cristata" = Paucicrura cristata Cooper 1956
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Glyptomena sculpturata n. gen. n. sp.
Glyptomena sculpturata n. gen. n. sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Opikina nasuta n. sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria parvula Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae