Muddy Hollow, Bed 30 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Virginia (36.7° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 30.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation, Meramecian (345.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray limestone

• limestone, crinoidal, gray and grayish brown, coarse grained.

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 7045: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
"Platycrinus penicillus" = Platycrinites
"Platycrinus penicillus" = Platycrinites Sea lily