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Small quarry on the south side of U. S. Highway 11, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.8,-81.55 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Virginia, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Smyth County, Virginia, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Small quarry on the south side of U. S. Highway 11, 3 miles southwest of Marion | Cooper G. A. (1956) | Tumbez | mudstone | 471.8 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mimella sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Mimella | 471.8 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
Rostricellula sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : Rostricellula | 471.8 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
Dactylogonia alternata species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Dactylogonia : Dactylogonia alternata | 471.8 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
References
Cooper G. A. (1956) Chazyan and related brachiopods, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127, 1-1245 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!