Drab-Beavertown, DB-5, Gatesburg Formation, Ore Hill Member, Blair County: Steptoean, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Olenida
- Dokimokephalidae
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Pseudosaratogia spp.
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1-4 individuals | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 78.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° South, 79.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Furongian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Steptoean | Trilobite zone: | Pseudosaratogia magna |
| Age range of interval: | 497 - 493 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gatesburg | Member: | Ore Hill | ||
| Local section: | Drab-Beavertown | Local bed: | DB-5 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Steptoean; Elvinia zone, Pseudosaratogia magna subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified grainstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified dolomite |
| Lithology description: intraclastic grainstone and quartz sandy dolomite | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3425 | ||
| Database number: | 62076 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-12 00:35:11 | Last modified: | 2023-01-07 08:09:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-12 00:35:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17945. | J. D. Loch and J. F. Taylor. 2004. New trilobite taxa from Upper Cambrian microbial reefs in the central Appalachians. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):591-602 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |