Offshore zone -6, Durham Quadrangle, McLemore Cove: Caradoc, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Glyprorthis bellarugosa
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella sp.
Jones 1928
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira recurvirostris
(Hall 1847)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Ancistrorhynchidae
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Ancistrorhyncha costata
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Pionodema subaequata
(Conrad 1843)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Dinorthis cf. atavoides
Willard 1928
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Multicostella sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Hesperorthis tricenaria
(Conrad 1843)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Hebertella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Prasopora sp.
Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
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Homotrypa minnesotensis
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Arthrostylidae
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Arthroclema armatum
Ulrich 1890
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Helopora spiniformis
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyidae
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Rhinidictya sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Ptilodictyidae
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Stictoporella sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira sp.
Whitfield 1886
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Ostracoda
- Leperditicopida
- Leperditiidae
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Leperditia fabulites
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Walker |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 85.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.3° South, 66.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | ||
| Key time interval: | Caradoc | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: nno information given |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Gray to blue-brown, argillaceous to lutitic, fine-grained crystalline limestone, sometimes with shale (frequently red-brown in color). | |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32882 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | S. Holland | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-07-16 23:40:39 | Last modified: | 2004-10-20 13:15:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-16 23:40:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8741. | A. T. Allen and J. G. Lester. 1957. Zonation of the Middle and Upper Ordovician strata in northwestern Georgia. Georgia State Division of Conservation, the Geological Survey Bulletin 66:1-104 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson] |