Where: Virginia (37.4° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 61.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Martinsburg Formation, Mohawkian (457.3 - 451.0 Ma)
• Based on Kreisa (1980, VA Tech Ph.D. dissertation), probably Trenton equivalent
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, gray, calcareous shale and lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, argillaceous packstone
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Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. M. Layou. 2009. Ecological restructuring after extinction: the Late Ordovician (Mohawkian) of the eastern United States. Palaios 24:118-128 [K. Layou/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85605: authorized by Karen Layou, entered by Karen Layou on 12.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam | |
Craniata | |
Craniops sp. Hall 1859 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Zygospira lebanonensis Cooper 1956 | |
Dalmanella bassleri Foerste 1909 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Sowerbyella rugosa Meek 1873 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea ("group 2") indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |