USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Pennsylvania (40.1° N, 76.3° 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

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 226194: 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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Morania
  -
Morania sparsa n. sp.
Morania sparsa n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Marpolia
  -
Marpolia filosa n. sp.
Marpolia filosa n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Pterobranchia
  - Dithecodendridae
Dalyia pennsylvanica n. sp., Dalyia annularoides n. sp.
Dalyia pennsylvanica n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938 graptolite
Dalyia annularoides n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938 graptolite
 Selkirkiimorpha - Selkirkiidae
Selkirkia pennsylvanica n. sp.
 Archaeopriapulida - Ottoidae
Ottoia sp.
Ottoia sp. Walcott 1911
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Bonnia sola n. sp.
Bonnia sola n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Esmeraldina macer
Esmeraldina macer Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Olenellus latilimbatus n. sp., "Olenellus jonasae n. sp." = Olenellus roddyi
Olenellus latilimbatus n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
"Olenellus jonasae n. sp." = Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Wanneriidae
Wanneria walcottana
Wanneria walcottana Wanner 1901 trilobite
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris pennsylvanica
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
 Bradoriida - Indianidae
"? Indianites sp." = Indiana
"? Indianites sp." = Indiana Mathew 1902
Protocaris
  -
Protocaris marshi
Protocaris marshi Walcott 1884
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
Helcionella pricei
Helcionella pricei Resser and Howell 1938
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella exigua n. sp.
Pelagiella exigua n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp., Hyolithes exilis n. sp., Hyolithes wanneri
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Hyolithes exilis n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Hyolithes wanneri Resser and Howell 1938
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina sp., Paterina roddyi n. sp.
Paterina sp. Beecher 1891
Paterina roddyi n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Leptomitus minor n. sp.
Leptomitus minor n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938 demosponge
Bryopsidophyceae
 Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Margaretia stosei n. sp.
Margaretia stosei n. sp. Resser and Howell 1938