Unit 12, Middle Tonoloway Limestone, Keyser Section II (Silurian to of the United States)

Where: Mineral County County, West Virginia (39.4° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 43.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tonoloway Limstone Formation, Ludlow to Ludlow (427.4 - 419.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, blue limestone

• Thin-bedded dark-blue limestone more massive and ripple-marked below.

Primary reference: H. P. Woodward. 1941. Silurian System of West Virginia. West Virginia Geological Survey 14:1-326 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 41737: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 20.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Stenochisma lamellata
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia alta
 Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
Dizygopleura subovalis, Dizygopleura halli
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Welleria obliqua
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene camerata
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites gyracanthus
Tentaculites gyracanthus
Tentaculites gyracanthus var. marylandicus
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
"Rhynchospira globosa" = Rhynchospirina
"Rhynchospira globosa" = Rhynchospirina
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia litchfieldensis, Camarotoechia tonolowayensis
Camarotoechia litchfieldensis
Camarotoechia litchfieldensis var. marylandicus
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella rugosa
Cystoidea
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Cystoidea indet.
Cystoidea indet. von Buch 1846
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral