Section 9, 977.67-5, Davis Fm., Elvins Group, MO - Kurtz 1975 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: St. Francois County, Missouri (37.8° N, 90.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 15.1° N, 111.8° W (Wright 2013)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Elvinia zone, Davis Formation, Franconian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified shale

• main: shale; unit c generalizatiion: shale unit, domal stromatolites occur 20 ft. above the unit's base.

Collection methods: Collection name 977.67-5 means notebook 977, the section described beginning on page 67 of the notebook, and the 5th collection from the base of the section.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9199: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 03.10.2000

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Taxonomic list

• List does not include stromatolites which may be found in the section or horizon.
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Trilobita
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Pseudosaratogia lata
Pseudosaratogia lata Wilson 1951 trilobite
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Housia ovata
Housia ovata Palmer 1960 trilobite
  - Nepeidae
Xenocheilos orthos n. sp., Xenocheilos spineum
Xenocheilos orthos n. sp. trilobite
Xenocheilos spineum Wilson 1951 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Irvingella sp.
Irvingella sp. Ulrich and Resser 1924 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
"? Ponumia sp." = Aphelotoxon, Cliffia lataegenae
"? Ponumia sp." = Aphelotoxon Palmer 1965 trilobite
Cliffia lataegenae Wilson 1949 trilobite