Where: Franklin County, Vermont (44.9° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° S, 72.8° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dunderbergia zone, Gorge Formation, Steptoean (497.0 - 493.5 Ma)

• Formation lies below the Highgate Falls Overthrust. Bed no. 3 begins 13 feet from base of section and extends up 5 feet.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: No microfossils found in the Bed. All type material is deposited in collections of the U.S. National Museum and University of Wyoming.

Primary reference: M. G. Clark and A. B. Shaw. 1968. Paleontology of northwestern Vermont. XV. trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Gorge Formation (Lower Part of Bed 3). Journal of Paleontology 42(2):328-396 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8977: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 10.09.2000, edited by John Alroy

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