Unit 5, Rose Hill Formation, North Rose Hill Section (Silurian to of the United States)
Where: Maryland (39.7° N, 78.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 47.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rose Hill Formation (Clinton Group), Llandovery to Llandovery (443.4 - 423.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous shale and lithified sandstone
• Thin-bedded drab argillaceous shale with some reddish to purple layers and occasional beds of sandstone.
Primary reference: H. P. Woodward. 1941. Silurian System of West Virginia. West Virginia Geological Survey 14:1-326 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 41012: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 05.07.2004
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Taxonomic list
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| Strophomenata | |
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Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Parmorthis elegantula" = Resserella
"Parmorthis elegantula" = Resserella | |
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Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Coelospira sulcata" = Eocoelia sulcata
"Coelospira sulcata" = Eocoelia sulcata Prouty 1923 | |