Maxwell Sample 1: Mohawkian - Late/Upper Ordovician, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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29 individuals | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Doleroides sp.
Cooper 1930
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26 individuals | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Tazewell |
Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 81.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.1° South, 59.1° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
*Period: | Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | *Epoch: | Caradoc | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Mohawkian |
Key time interval: | Mohawkian - Late/Upper Ordovician | ||
Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 443.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | grainstone | ||
Environment: | peritidal | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Collection size: | 55 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | 89-MW-1 | ||
Database number: | 6436 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Straub | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-03-01 18:01:26 | Last modified: | 2003-07-18 18:05:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:30 |
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] |