Unit 4, Williamsport Sandstone, McKenzie-Pinto Section (Silurian to of the United States)

Where: Allegany County County, Maryland (39.6° N, 78.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 43.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Williamsport Sandstone Formation, Ludlow to Ludlow (427.4 - 419.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified, argillaceous limestone and lithified shale

• Platy argillaceous Cidar Cliff limestone; some interbedded shales and one 3-foot sandstone member at base; Leperditia alta near base.

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 41140: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 07.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia alta