Where: Virginia (38.0° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° S, 44.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Keyser Limestone Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• lower limestone, Byers Island member, and Jersey Shore member of Keyser Limestone.
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; carbonate
Collection methods: Emphasis here is on the rugosans. Tabulates, brachiopods, stromatoporoids, "other shelly fossils" are present but not listed.
Primary reference: W. A., J.r. Oliver. 1999. The principal Pridolian and Lochkovian rugose coral assemblages or communities in eastern North America. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities: A case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 800-805 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24951: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral | |
? Fletcheria cf. incognita horn coral | |
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Microplasma fasciculatum horn coral | |
Embolophyllum schucherti horn coral | |
Zelophyllum spp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral | |
Laccophyllidae indet. Grabau 1928 horn coral | |
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Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 |