Where: Washington County, Virginia (36.8° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 85.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nolichucky Formation, Steptoean (497.0 - 493.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; ooidal, gray, argillaceous, conglomeratic shale and limestone

Primary reference: C. S., J.r. Bartlett and H. W. Webb. 1971. Geology of the Bristol and Wallace quadrangles, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Report of Investigations 25:1-93 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6960: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.04.2000

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