Where: Massachusetts (42.2° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 72.4° S, 63.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Camenella baltica trilobite zone, Middle Member (Weymouth Formation), Placentian (538.8 - 517.1 Ma)
• Camenella baltica zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Landing. 1988. Lower Cambrian of eastern Massachusetts: stratigraphy and small shelly fossils. Journal of Paleontology 62(5):661-695 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 56837: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895 | |
Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888 | |
Torellella laevigata Linnarsson 1871 |