Strasburg on St. Rd. 55 Sample 2: Rocklandian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Inarticulata - Inarticulata
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869
7 individuals
invalid subgroup of Brachiopoda
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia sp. Wilson 1913
2 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
6 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bilobia sp. Cooper 1956
15 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
22 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura sp. Cooper 1956
2 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Shenandoah
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 78.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° South, 58.4° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
*Period:Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Caradoc
*Local age/stage:Rocklandian
Key time interval:Rocklandian Conodont zone: Phragmodus undatus
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oranda
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Environment:offshore ramp Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Collection size:56
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:89-CC4614-2
Database number:6351
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Straub
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-02-28 14:26:11 Last modified:2014-11-25 17:32:44
Access level:the public Released:2000-02-28 14:26:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

401. M. E. Patzkowsky. 1995. Gradient analysis of Middle Ordovician brachiopod biofacies: Biostratigraphic, biogeographic, and Macroevolutionary Implications. Palaios 10(2):154-179 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Straub]