Benbolt Formation, Burkes Garden Limestone Member, Clinch Valley: Caradoc, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Paleocrinus cf. striatus
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Billings | ||||||||||
Chasmotopora sp.
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Solenopora compacta
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(Billings) | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Tetradium sp.
Dana 1846
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Demospongiae
- Streptosolenidae
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Eospongia varians
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Rhombifera
- Echinosphaeritidae
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Echinosphaerites aurantium
(Gyllenhaal 1772)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella aff. acquistriata
(Willard 1928)
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recombined as Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Strophomena tennesseensis
Willard 1928
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recombined as Rhipidomena tennesseensis | ||||||||||
Willard | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Oepikina "minnesotensis"
(Winchell 1881)
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? Leptaena aff. palustris
Willard 1928
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recombined as Dactylogonia palustris | ||||||||||
Willard | ||||||||||
? Rafinesquina aff. obsoleta
Butts 1926
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recombined as Dactylogonia obsoleta | ||||||||||
Butts | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Valcourea sp.
Raymond 1911
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Multicostella platys
(Billings 1859)
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Dinorthis cf. quadriplicata
Willard 1928
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synonym of Dinorthis transversa | ||||||||||
Willard | ||||||||||
Dinorthis interstriata
Willard 1928
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Willard | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis bellarugosa
(Conrad 1843)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Mimella superba
Butts 1942
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synonym of Mimella globosa | ||||||||||
Butts | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Paurorthidae
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Paurorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Stenolaemata
- Phylloporinidae
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Chasmatopora sp.
Eichwald 1860
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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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Phaenopora sp.
Hall 1851
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Escharoporidae
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Graptodictya sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Hormogoneae
- Oscillatoriales
- Girvanellaceae
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Girvanella sp.
Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Tazewell |
Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 81.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° South, 61.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
Key time interval: | Caradoc | ||
Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Benbolt | Member: | Burkes Garden Limestone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Ashbyan |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow argillaceous,calcareous "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Nodular limestone, coarse-grained, argillaceous, calcareous, weathers light buff. 25 feet thick. | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 34029 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
Modifier: | S. Holland | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2003-08-12 15:28:21 | Last modified: | 2024-03-31 19:20:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-12 15:28:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8880. | B. N. Cooper and C. E. Prouty. 1943. Stratigraphy of the Lower Middle Ordovician of Tazewell County, Virginia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 54:819-886 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson] |