Benbolt Formation, Burkes Garden Limestone Member, Burkes Garden (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Tazewell County, Virginia (37.1° N, 81.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.0° S, 112.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burkes Garden Limestone Member (Benbolt Formation), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• Ashbyan, Chasmatopora beds

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: yellow, argillaceous, calcareous limestone

• Nodular limestone, coarse-grained, argillaceous, calcareous, weathers light buff. 40 feet thick.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. N. Cooper and C. E. Prouty. 1943. Stratigraphy of the Lower Middle Ordovician of Tazewell County, Virginia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 54:819-886 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34007: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 11.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Paleocrinus cf. striatus
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora compacta
Tetradium
  -
Tetradium sp.
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Demospongiae
 Lithistida - Streptosolenidae
Eospongia varians
Eospongia varians demosponge
Billings
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Phaenopora sp.
Phaenopora sp. Hall 1851
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Graptodictya sp.
Graptodictya sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Rhinidictya sp.
Rhinidictya sp. Ulrich 1882
  - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatopora sp.
Chasmatopora sp. Eichwald 1860
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp.
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Multicostella platys, Valcourea sp., Dinorthis interstriata, "Dinorthis cf. quadriplicata" = Dinorthis transversa
Multicostella platys Billings 1859
(Billings)
Valcourea sp. Raymond 1911
Dinorthis interstriata Willard 1928
Willard
"Dinorthis cf. quadriplicata" = Dinorthis transversa Willard 1928
Willard
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis bellarugosa
Glyptorthis bellarugosa Conrad 1843
(Conrad)
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
"Mimella superba" = Mimella globosa
"Mimella superba" = Mimella globosa Willard 1928
Butts
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"? Rafinesquina cf. obsoleta" = Dactylogonia obsoleta, "? Leptaena aff. palustris" = Dactylogonia palustris, Oepikina "minnesotensis"
"? Rafinesquina cf. obsoleta" = Dactylogonia obsoleta Butts 1926
Butts
"? Leptaena aff. palustris" = Dactylogonia palustris Willard 1928
Willard
Oepikina "minnesotensis" Winchell 1881
(Winchell)
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena tennesseensis" = Rhipidomena tennesseensis
"Strophomena tennesseensis" = Rhipidomena tennesseensis Willard 1928
Willard
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Sowerbyella aff. aequistriata" = Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus
"Sowerbyella aff. aequistriata" = Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus Willard 1928
(Willard)
 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites aurantium
Echinosphaerites aurantium Gyllenhaal 1772
(Gyllenhal)