Highgate Gorge, Section A, Gorge Formation, Vermont - Taylor et al, 1991: Merioneth, Vermont

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Kainellid indet.
Conodonta - Paraconodontida
Prosagittodontus spp.
Furnishina spp.
Furnishina furnishi Muller 1959
Westergaardodina spp.
Prooneotodus spp.
Prooneotodus rotundatus
Prooneotodus gallatini (Müller 1959)
Conodonta - Paraconodontida - Furnishinidae
Albiconus antiquus
Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae
Coelocerodontus cambricus
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Oneotodontidae
Teridontus nakamurai (Nogami 1967)
Semiacontiodus sp. n. sp.
Conodonta - Proconodontida - Cordylodontidae
Cordylodus proavus Müller 1959
Eoconodontus notchperkensis
Eoconodontus alisonae
Cambrooistodus cambricus
Cambrooistodus minutus
Conodonta - Proconodontida - Proconodontidae
Proconodontus sp. Miller 1969
Proconodontus serratus
Proconodontus muelleri (Miller 1969)
Conodonta - Amphigeisinidae
Phakelodus tenuis (Muller 1959)
Agnostida - Agnostidae
Lotagnostus hedini (Troedsson 1937)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Phoreotropis puteatus
Trilobita - Harpetida - Heterocaryonidae
Bowmania americana (Walcott 1884)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
Keithia schucherti
Idiomesus tantillus
Trilobita - Asaphida - Eurekiidae
Eurekia spp.
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Stenopilus pronus Raymond 1924
Plethometopus sp. Ulrich 1931
synonym of Plethopeltis
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
Phylacterus saylesi
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Acheilus laevis
replaced by Peracheilus
Theodenisia gibba
Yukonaspis sp. Kobayashi 1936
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Vermont County:Franklin
Coordinates: 44.9° North, 73.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.6° South, 72.9° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Furongian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 5
*Period:Late/Upper Cambrian *Epoch:Merioneth
Key time interval:Merioneth Zone: Eoconodontus
Age range of interval:497.00000 - 485.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gorge
Local section:Highgate Gorge Section A Local bed:Uppermost part of Section A
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 15 meter intervals of thin-bedded limestone/shale rhythmites alternationg with thick bedded limestone conglomerates. Very little infaunal activity.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore ramp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: A rock pile 20-30 meters wide seperates Section A from Section B
Taxonomic list comments:Miscellaneos paraconodonts are mentioned, but no genus or species is given.
Metadata
Database number:6871
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:P. Borkow
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-04-03 20:08:49 Last modified:2004-03-10 11:55:40
Access level:the public Released:2001-03-26 12:03:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
428. J. F. Taylor and D. J. Kennedy. 1991. Uppermost Cambrian slope deposits at Highgate Gorge, Vermont: a minor miscorrelation with major consequences for conodont - and trilobite - based chronocorrelation. Journal of Paleontology 65(5):855-863 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]