Lancaster, eastern PA, Kinzers Fm.: Dyeran, Pennsylvania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Dithecodendridae
Dalyia annularoides Resser and Howell 1938
Dalyia pennsylvanica Resser and Howell 1938
Edrioasteroidea
Camptostroma roddyi Ruedemann 1933
Lepidocystoidea - Lepidocystidae
Lepidocystis wanneri Foerste 1938
originally entered as "Lepidocystis sp."
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Helcionella sp. Grabau and Shimer 1909
Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella exigua Resser and Howell 1938
Deiss 1939
originally entered as "Pelagiella sp."
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
"Hyolithes sp. undet."
Hyolithes exilis Resser and Howell 1938
Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina sp. Beecher 1891
"Paterina sp. undet."
Paterina roddyi Resser and Howell 1938
Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Kutorginidae
Rustella sp. Walcott 1905
synonym of Kutorgina
Selkirkiimorpha - Selkirkiidae
Selkirkia pennsylvanica
originally entered as "Selkirkia sp."
Ottoidae
Ottoia sp. Walcott 1911
unclassified
Protocaris marshi Walcott 1884
originally entered as "Protocarus sp."
Hymenocaris sp. Salter 1853
originally entered as "Hymenocarus sp."
Roddyia typa Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Roddyia sp."
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Olenellus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938
Paedeumias glabrum Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
Paedeumias yorkense Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
originally entered as "Paedeumias sp."
Olenellus nodosus Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
Olenellus nitidus Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
Olenellus similaris Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
Paedeumias eboracense Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
Olenellus jonasae Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Olenellus roddyi
Olenellus getzi Dunbar 1925
originally entered as "Olenellus sp."
Olenellus alius Resser and Howell 1938
Olenellus latilimbatus Resser and Howell 1938
Olenellus peculiaris Resser and Howell 1938
Olenellus wanneri Resser and Howell 1938
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Esmeraldina macer (Resser and Howell 1938)
recombined as Mummaspis macer
originally entered as "Esmeraldina sp."
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae
Wanneria walcottana (Wanner 1901)
originally entered as "Wanneria sp."
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
nomen vanum belonging to Corynexochus (Bonnia)
originally entered as "Bonnia sp."
Bonniella sp. Resser 1937
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Lancastria roddyi (Resser and Howell 1938)
originally entered as "Lancastria sp."
Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Eoagnostus roddyi Resser and Howell 1938
recombined as Peronopsis roddyi
originally entered as "Eoagostus roddyi"
unclassified
Sidneyia sp. Walcott 1911
Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris pennsylvanica Resser 1929
originally entered as "Anomalocarus sp."
Anomalocaris lineata Resser and Howell 1938
Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
Tuzoia nitida Resser and Howell 1938
synonym of Tuzoia polleni
Tuzoia getzi Resser 1929
synonym of Tuzoia polleni
Tuzoia dunbari Resser 1929
originally entered as "Tuzoia sp."
Bradoriida - Indianidae
? Indianites sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1931
synonym of Indiana
originally entered as "? Indianites sp."
Salterellidae
Salterella acervulosa Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Salterella sp."
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Leptomitus minor Resser and Howell 1938
originally entered as "Leptomitus sp."
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
Leptomitus walcotti Resser and Howell 1938
recombined as Hazelia walcotti
Bryopsidophyceae - Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Margaretia stosei Resser and Howell 1938
Margaretia ramosa Resser and Howell 1938
unclassified
Marpolia filosa Resser and Howell 1938
Morania sparsa Resser and Howell 1938
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 76.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° South, 91.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Cambrian *Epoch: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:Kinzers
Stratigraphy comments: "L.Camb. lower Kinzers. Botomian. Bonnia-Olenellus"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "outer shelf? ocean facing shelf, BA5"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"C.E. Resser and B.F. Howell 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachian. GSA Bull. 49 195-248"
Metadata
Also known as:NMNH localities 8q, 12w, 12x, and 22L
Database number:192
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:225188, 226192, 226193, 226194
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2022-06-23 09:10:49
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31680. C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

32149 C. F. Deiss. 1939. Cambrian formations of southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Geological Society America Bulletin 50(6):951-1026 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Ju]