List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Leptodesma sp.
Hall 1883
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites sp.
von Schlotheim 1820
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| in diagram and text, not included in % or table 1 | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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23 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Nervostrophia sp.
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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Douvillina sp.
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8 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Tylothyris sp.
North 1920
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22 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spinocyrtiidae
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Platyrachella sp.
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Platyrachellia sp." | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Ambocoelia sp.
Hall 1860
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42 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Cariniferella sp.
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| pelmatozoans; in diagram and text, not included in % or table 1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 39.4° North, 78.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° South, 27.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Foreknobs | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "(upper Frasn-lower fammennian)" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | prodelta |
| Geology comments: "offshore, deep, quiet against shelf- normal marine salinity (prodelta) BA5" [no litho info given] | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"McGhee, 1976. Late Dev. benthic marine communities of the central Appalachian Allegheny Front. Lethaia 9:111-136" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 636 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-01-31 16:46:17 | Last modified: | 2017-02-01 20:19:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-01-31 16:46:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 375. | G. R. McGhee. 1976. Late Devonian benthic marine communities of the central Appalachian Allegheny Front. Lethaia 9:111-136 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Uhen] |