Unit 3, Mackenzie Formation, South Rose Hill Section: Llandovery - Ludlow, Maryland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
Dizygopleura swartzi
Dizygopleura swartzi var.
Kloedenella intermedia
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Kloedenia normalis
Beyrichia moodeyi
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia bicostata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County: Allegany County
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 78.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 47.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian
Key time interval:Llandovery - Ludlow
Age range of interval:443.80000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:McKenzie
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology:gray lithified calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: Thicker-bedded hard dense dark limestone and gray calcareous shale.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:41096
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:K. Koverman
Modifier:K. Koverman Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-06 13:33:37 Last modified:2004-07-06 16:33:38
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-06 13:33:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10968.1% H. P. Woodward. 1941. Silurian System of West Virginia. West Virginia Geological Survey 14:1-326 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman]