Jacob's Creek Quarry, NC (Ediacaran of the United States)

Where: Davidson County, North Carolina (35.6° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 57.7° S, 99.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Aspidella zone, Cid Formation (Albemarle Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• zircon dates between 547 +/- 2 Ma and 539 +/- 12 Ma.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, blue mudstone

• blue gray laminated mudstone

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. P. Hibbard, J. C. Pollock, M. Brennan, S. D. Samson, and D. Secor. 2009. Significance of New Ediacaran Fossils and U-Pb Zircon Ages from the Albemarle Group, Carolina Terrane of North Carolina. Journal of Geology 117:487-498 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90739: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 14.08.2009

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Aspidella terranovica
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Aspidella cf. terranovica