USNM locality 12x, Getz Quarry (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Pennsylvania (40.1° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 91.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Bonnia - Olenellus trilobite zone, Kinzers Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

• Kinzers Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

• "outer shelf? ocean facing shelf, BA5"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: Most specimens in Yale Peabody

Primary reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226192: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 23.06.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
"Tuzoia getzi n. sp." = Tuzoia polleni, "Tuzoia nitida n. sp." = Tuzoia polleni, Tuzoia dunbari n. sp.
"Tuzoia getzi n. sp." = Tuzoia polleni Resser 1929
"Tuzoia nitida n. sp." = Tuzoia polleni Resser 1929
Tuzoia dunbari n. sp. Resser 1929
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
"Olenellus roddyi" = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus nodosus n. sp." = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus jonasae" = Olenellus roddyi, "Paedeumias glabrum" = Olenellus roddyi, "Olenellus nitidus n. sp." = Olenellus roddyi, Olenellus peculiaris n. sp., Olenellus getzi n. sp.
"Olenellus roddyi" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus nodosus n. sp." = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus jonasae" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Paedeumias glabrum" = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus nitidus n. sp." = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
Olenellus peculiaris n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
Olenellus getzi n. sp. Dunbar 1925 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Vicissicaudata -
Sidneyia sp.
Sidneyia sp. Walcott 1911
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris pennsylvanica n. sp., Anomalocaris lineata n. sp.
Anomalocaris pennsylvanica n. sp. Resser 1929
Anomalocaris lineata n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet., Roddyia typa
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Roddyia typa Resser and Howell 1938
Deuteropoda
 Hymenostraca -
Hymenocaris dubia n. sp.
Hymenocaris dubia n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
Helcionella pricei
Helcionella pricei Resser and Howell 1938
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes wanneri n. sp.
Hyolithes wanneri n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Kutorginata
 Kutorginida - Kutorginidae
"Rustella sp." = Kutorgina
"Rustella sp." = Kutorgina Billings 1861
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
"Leptomitus walcotti n. sp." = Hazelia walcotti
"Leptomitus walcotti n. sp." = Hazelia walcotti Resser and Howell 1938 demosponge
Bryopsidophyceae
 Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Margaretia ramosa n. sp.
Margaretia ramosa n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938