Also known as Haymarket
Where: Prince William County, Virginia (38.8° N, 77.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 12.2° N, 11.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bull Run Formation (Chatham Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, red, silty shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by Parrott & Dunkle; reposited in the AMNH, UNSM
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: B. Schaeffer, D. H. Dunkle, and N. G. McDonald. 1975. Ptycholepis marshi Newberry, a chondrostean fish from the Newark Group of eastern North America. Fieldiana Geology 33(12):205-233 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 224089: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.01.2022
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Semionotus sp. Agassiz 1832 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Redfieldius sp. Hay 1899 | |
"Ptycholepis marshi" = Ptycholepis marshii
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