PBDB Collection

Loc. 3. south side of road, 0.2 mile east of Strasburg Junction (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as 1000 feet east of Strasburg Junction; Echinosphaerites bed

Where: Shenandoah County, Virginia (39.0° N, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 58.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Botetourt limestone Member (Edinburg Formation), Turinian (457.3 - 453.8 Ma)

• PJW: I originally entered this as Climacograptus peltifer zone, but that is probably incorrect.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Alterations of dark granular limestone and dark fine-grained limestone with sponge spicules

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: H. B. Whittington and W.R., I.I. Evitt. 1953. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites. Geological Society of America Memoir 59:1-139 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73342: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.06.2007, edited by Melanie Hopkins

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Orthida - Glyptorthidae	Glyptorthis equiconvexa² Glyptorthis equiconvexa² Cooper 1956
Trilobita
Asaphida - Remopleurididae	Remopleurides caelatus⁶, Remopleurides caphyroides n. sp.⁶, Remopleurides eximius⁶, Remopleurides simulus n. sp.⁶ Remopleurides caelatus⁶ Whittington 1959 trilobite Remopleurides caphyroides n. sp.⁶ Whittington 1959 trilobite Remopleurides eximius⁶ Whittington 1959 trilobite Remopleurides simulus n. sp.⁶ Whittington 1959 trilobite
Asaphida - Remopleuridae	Remopleuridae indet.⁶ Remopleuridae indet.⁶ Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae	Ampyx virginiensis⁶, Lonchodomas carinatus n. sp.¹, Raymondella elegans⁶ Ampyx virginiensis⁶ Cooper 1953 trilobite Lonchodomas carinatus n. sp.¹ Cooper 1953 trilobite Raymondella elegans⁶ Cooper 1953 trilobite
Trinucleida - Trinucleidae	Tretaspis sagenosus⁶ Tretaspis sagenosus⁶ Whittington 1959 trilobite
Proetida - Dimeropygidae	Chomatopyge falcata n. sp., Mesotaphraspis parva Chomatopyge falcata n. sp. Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite Mesotaphraspis parva Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite
Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae	"sensu lato Proetus strasburgensis n. sp." = Stenoblepharum strasburgense¹ "sensu lato Proetus strasburgensis n. sp." = Stenoblepharum strasburgense¹ Cooper 1953 trilobite
Harpetida - Harpetidae	Dolichoharpes reticulata⁶ Dolichoharpes reticulata⁶ Whittington 1949 trilobite
Phacopida - Pterygometopidae	"Calliops callirachis n. sp." = Calyptaulax callirachis¹ "Calliops callirachis n. sp." = Calyptaulax callirachis¹ Cooper 1953 trilobite
Phacopida - Encrinuridae	Bevanopsis ulrichi³, Physemataspis coopi³, "Encrinuroides tholus" = Physemataspis tholus³, Libertella corona³, Cybeloides virginiensis¹ Bevanopsis ulrichi³ Cooper 1953 trilobite Physemataspis coopi³ Evitt and Tripp 1977 trilobite "Encrinuroides tholus" = Physemataspis tholus³ Evitt and Tripp 1977 trilobite Libertella corona³ Hu 1971 trilobite Cybeloides virginiensis¹ Cooper 1953 trilobite
Phacopida - Cheiruridae	Holia cimelia, Sphaerocoryphe longispina n. sp.⁴, Sphaerocoryphe gemina n. sp.⁴, Ceraurinella typa n. gen. n. sp.¹ Holia cimelia Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite Sphaerocoryphe longispina n. sp.⁴ Tripp et al. 1997 trilobite Sphaerocoryphe gemina n. sp.⁴ Tripp et al. 1997 trilobite Ceraurinella typa n. gen. n. sp.¹ Cooper 1953 trilobite
Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae	Ceratocephala laciniata, Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) tridens⁵, Miraspis sp.⁵, Diacanthaspis lepidus⁵, Diacanthaspis secretus⁵, Apianurus barbatus⁵, Apianurus glaber⁵, Calipernurus insolitus n. sp.⁵ Ceratocephala laciniata Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) tridens⁵ Whittington 1956 trilobite Miraspis sp.⁵ Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite Diacanthaspis lepidus⁵ Whittington 1956 trilobite Diacanthaspis secretus⁵ Whittington 1956 trilobite Apianurus barbatus⁵ Whittington 1956 trilobite Apianurus glaber⁵ Whittington 1956 trilobite Calipernurus insolitus n. sp.⁵ Whittington 1956 trilobite

¹Cooper 1953; ²Cooper 1956; ³Evitt and Tripp 1977; ⁴Tripp et al. 1997; ⁵Whittington 1956; ⁶Whittington 1959