Chemung formation (overview) (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Virginia (36.8° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 32.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chemung Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green, argillaceous, conglomeratic siltstone and sandstone

• light gray siltstone and sandstone interbedded with light greenish gray silty shale; quartz pebble conglomerate at top; fossiliferous.

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 6994: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 18.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes cf. scitulus" = Devonochonetes scitulus
"Chonetes cf. scitulus" = Devonochonetes scitulus Hall 1857
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa spinosa" = Spinatrypa spinosa Hall 1843
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia congregata" = Cupularostrum congregata
"Camarotoechia congregata" = Cupularostrum congregata Conrad 1841
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
? Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam