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
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus, "Orthambonites bellus" = Sivorthis bellus
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956
"Orthambonites bellus" = Sivorthis bellus Cooper 1956 | |
Scaphorthis virginiensis Cooper 1956 | |
"Cristiferina cristata" = Paucicrura cristata
"Cristiferina cristata" = Paucicrura cristata Cooper 1956 | |
Perimecocoelia semicostata Cooper 1956 | |
Strophomenata | |
Oxoplecia multicostellata Cooper 1956 | |
Glyptomena sculpturata n. gen. n. sp.
Glyptomena sculpturata n. gen. n. sp. Cooper 1956 | |
Opikina nasuta n. sp.
Opikina nasuta n. sp. Cooper 1956 | |
Bimuria parvula Cooper 1956 | |
Sowerbyella perplexa Cooper 1956 | |