Nolichucky Fm., Washburn Cut, Table D.56 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Tennessee (36.3° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 28.7° S, 86.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nolichucky Formation, Steptoean (497.0 - 493.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, green mudstone

• environmental call here is loosely based on outcrop observations but it has been a while...

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: S. E. Peters. 2003. Evenness, richness and the Cambrian-Paleozoic faunal transition in North America: an assemblage-level perspective. The University of Chicago 1-279 [S. Peters/S. Peters/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64609: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 10.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
? Dunderbergia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite
 Olenida - Asaphiscidae
? Glyphaspis sp. Poulson 1927 trilobite
 Olenida - Aphelaspidae
? Aphelaspis sp. Resser 1935 trilobite