Sect. 7, No. 977.35-6, Davis Fm, Elvins Group, MO - Kurtz 1975: Franconian, Missouri

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus communis (Hall and Whitfield 1877)
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Elvinia roemeri
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
Cliffia wilsoni
Cliffia lataegenae (Wilson 1949)
Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Pterocephalia sanetisabae
Pelicephalus lochmani n. sp.
Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Burnetiella alta
Burnetiella exilis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Missouri County:Washington
Coordinates: 37.9° North, 90.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.8° South, 86.4° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Furongian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 5
*Period:Late/Upper Cambrian *Epoch:Merioneth
*International age/stage:Dolgellian *Local age/stage:Franconian
Key time interval: Franconian Zone:  Elvinia
Age range of interval: 497 - 485.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Davis
Local section:Section 7 Local bed:Unit C
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: main: shale; unit c generalization: shale unit, domal stromatolites occur 20 ft. above the unit's base.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collection name 977.35-06 means notebook 977, the section described beginning on page 35 of the notebook, and the 6th collection up from the base of the section.
Metadata
Database number:9154
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:P. Borkow
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-09-27 18:49:15 Last modified:2001-08-30 17:52:51
Access level:the public Released:2001-04-07 12:04:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

795. V. E. Kurtz. 1975. Franconian (Upper Cambrian) trilobite faunas from the Elvins Group of Southeast Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 49(6):1009-1043 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]