Rye Cove Sample 1: Ashbyan - Late/Upper Ordovician, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Plaesiomys sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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1 individual | ||||||
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Multicostella sp.
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3 individuals | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis sp.
Foerste 1914
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4 individuals | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Hesperorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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1 individual | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Mimella sp.
Cooper 1930
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7 individuals | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Oepikina sp.
(Salmon 1942)
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4 individuals | ||||||
| original and current combination Opikina | |||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella sp.
Jones 1928
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64 individuals | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Scott |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 82.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.1° South, 61.2° 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: | Ashbyan |
| Key time interval: | Ashbyan - Late/Upper Ordovician | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Benbolt |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | wave ripples packstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | grainstone | ||
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Collection size: | 86 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 89-RCMS-1 | ||
| Database number: | 6671 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Straub |
| Modifier: | M. Patzkowsky | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-03-09 11:02:05 | Last modified: | 2003-07-18 18:05:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:39 |
| 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] |