Exit 298 4 (05ET3Dd): Mohawkian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Paurorthidae
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Paurorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena sp.
Dalman 1828
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Oepikina sp.
(Salmon 1942)
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2 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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16 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Oxoplecia sp.
Wilson 1913
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyidae
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Rhinidictya sp.
Ulrich 1882
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Escharoporidae
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Escharopora sp.
Hall 1847
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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1 individual | |||||||||
| unidentified fragments | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 78.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.0° South, 57.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray wackestone |
| Secondary lithology: | packstone |
| Lithology description: dark gray skeletal wackestone-packstone | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85743 | ||
| Authorizer: | K. Layou | Enterer: | K. Layou | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-14 07:15:19 | Last modified: | 2009-01-14 09:15:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-14 07:15:19 |
| 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] |