Catawba Collection 47: Mohawkian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
Plants 1977 1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella rugosa (Meek 1873)
Plants 1977 2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira lebanonensis Cooper 1956
Plants 1977 7 individuals
Stenolaemata
Stenolaemata indet. Borg 1926
Plants 1977 100 individuals
Gastropoda
Gastropoda informal planispiral
Plants 1977 32 individuals
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Plants 1977 2 individuals
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Plants 1977 1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 80.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° South, 61.1° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval:Mohawkian
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 451.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Martinsburg
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Based on Kreisa (1980, VA Tech Ph.D. dissertation), probably Trenton equivalent
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:grading,shelly/skeletal,gray lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: Interbedded medium gray limestone (skeletal packstone and lime mudstone) with lesser shale; largely thin bedded, lensatic, with some graded bedding
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Sowerbyella-Dalmanella community
Metadata
Database number:85618
Authorizer:K. Layou Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:K. Layou Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-12 13:29:58 Last modified:2009-01-14 15:32:07
Access level:the public Released:2009-01-12 13:29:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28962. K. M. Layou. 2009. Ecological restructuring after extinction: the Late Ordovician (Mohawkian) of the eastern United States. Palaios 24:118-128 [K. Layou/K. Layou]

Secondary references:

25782 H. F. Plants. 1977. Paleoecology of the Martinsburg Formation at Catawba Mountain, Virginia. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/P. Novack-Gottshall]