Sect. 6, No. 978.49-1 (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as Sect. 6, No. 978.49-1, Davis Fm., Elvins Group, MO - Kurtz 1975

Where: Washington County, Missouri (37.9° N, 90.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.8° S, 86.4° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and dolomite

• main description of beds: shale + shaly dolomite, Unit A generalization : shale carrying thin beds of dolomitized crinozoan calcarenite with pellet glauconite in the lower part and dolomitized micrite in the upper part.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Collection name such as 977.67-5 means notebook no. 977, the section described beginning on page 67 of the notebook, and the fifth 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 9137: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 26.09.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Parahousia constricta
Parahousia constricta Palmer 1960 trilobite