Strasburg on St. Rd. 55 Sample 1 (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as 89-CC4614-1

Where: Shenandoah County, Virginia (38.9° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 58.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Phragmodus undatus conodont zone, Oranda Formation, Rocklandian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; carbonate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: M. E. Patzkowsky. 1995. Gradient analysis of Middle Ordovician brachiopod biofacies: Biostratigraphic, biogeographic, and Macroevolutionary Implications. Palaios 10(2):154-179 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Straub]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6355: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Kyle Straub on 28.02.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura sp. Cooper 1956
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia sp. Wilson 1913
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bilobia sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Ptychoglyptus sp. Willard 1928
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Inarticulata
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