Where: Virginia (36.7° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° S, 63.3° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Trenton Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)
• Total unit thickness = 59.44 m
•Time interval = Trentonian-Maysvillian
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•Stratigraphic and geologic descriptions based on Kreisa (1980)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, intraclastic, shelly/skeletal, gray packstone and lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
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 85677: authorized by Karen Layou, entered by Karen Layou on 13.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Zygospira lebanonensis Cooper 1956 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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