Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville: Ashbyan, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Camerellidae
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Perimecocoelia triangulata
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Perimecocoelia semicostata
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Linoporellidae
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Laticrura pionodema n. gen., n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis glypta n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Eridorthis inexpecta n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Productorthidae
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Productorthis agilera
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Orthidae
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Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus
Cooper 1956
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Orthambonites divaricatus
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Taphrorthis peculiaris
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Archaeorthidae
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Cyrtonotella grandistriata
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Ptychopleurella rectangulata n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Ptychopleurella mediocostata n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Giraldiellidae
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Scaphorthis informal sp. 1
Cooper 1956
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Scaphorthis perplexa n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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? Doleroides ponderosus n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Phragmorthidae
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Phragmorthis buttsi n. gen., n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Protorthida
- Skenidiidae
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Skenidioides transversus n. sp.
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Ptychoglyptus virginiensis
Willard 1928
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Christianiidae
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Christiania subquadrata
(Hall 1883)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptellinidae
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Glyptambonites glyptus n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Palaeostrophomena subtransversa n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Titanambonites crassus
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Bimuriidae
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Bimuria superba
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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Bimuria immatura n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Dactylogonia informal sp. 5
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Oxoplecia holstonensis
Willard 1928
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Oxoplecia multicostellata
Cooper 1956
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Strophomenata
- Billingsellida
- Gonambonitidae
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Kullervo ornata n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Kullervo parva n. sp.
Cooper 1956
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
- Acrotretidae
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Conotreta plana
Cooper 1956
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Conotreta cuspidata
Cooper 1956
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Elliptoglossa rotundata
Cooper 1956
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Elliptoglossa ovalis
(Bassler 1919)
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Pachyglossa pachydermata
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Lingulata
- Siphonotretida
- Siphonotretidae
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Schizambon cuneatum
(Willard 1928)
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| original and current combination Schizambon cuneatus | |||||||
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Schizambon informal sp. 1
Walcott 1884
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Trilobita
- Isocolidae
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Holdenia typa
Cooper 1953
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Smyth |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° North, 81.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.7° South, 62.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Ashbyan | Graptolite zone: | Nemagraptus gracilis |
| Age range of interval: | 457 - 449.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Edinburg | Member: | Effna Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Base of unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: The formation is generally composed of calcarenite or shell debris or both. At the type locality it attains a thickness of about 221 feet, but it is thinner to the southwest along the same belt and also in the northern belt. One of the best places for the study of this formation is at the Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles east of Saltville. At this place the Effna formed a great reef (now quarried away) at the base of the Rich Valley formation. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 164296 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger, P. Wagner | Enterer: | B. Kröger, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-11-28 10:07:03 | Last modified: | 2020-05-20 14:18:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-28 10:07:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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