Austinville: Dyeran, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Helcionella sp. Grabau and Shimer 1909
2 species
Lingulata - Acrotretida
Acrotretida indet. Kuhn 1949
Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia sp. Walcott 1905
2 species
Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Kutorginidae
Kutorgina cingulata (Billings 1861)
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Eoptychoparia taylori
Trilobita - Antagmidae
Antagmus sp. Resser 1936
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Olenellus sp. Hall 1861
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Bonnia crassa
original and current combination Corynexochus (Bonnia)
Kootenia browni
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Prozacanthoides virginicus
Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus micras
unclassified
Coleoloides sp. Walcott 1890
Salterellidae
Salterella conulata Clark 1924
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 80.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.1° South, 96.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2-3
*Epoch:Late/Upper Lower
*Local age/stage:Botomian
Key time interval:Dyeran Zone: Bonnia - Olenellus
Age range of interval:514.80000 - 511.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shady Member:Flatwood
Stratigraphy comments: "upper Lower Cambrian, Bonnia-Olenellus zone"

Was Botomian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: "carbonates. BA3?"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"R. Willoughby 1976. Lower and Middle Cambrian fossils from the Shady Fm., Austinville, VA - GSA Abst. w/ Prog. 8:301-302, used by Bambach (1977)"
Metadata
Database number:188
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-07 15:42:30
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61115. R. Willoughby. 1976. Lower and Middle Cambrian fossils from the Shady Fm., Austinville, VA. Geological Society of America Abstract Program 8:301-302 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]