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Tumbez, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Formation | Tumbez |
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Age: | 472 - 458 Ma Ordovician |
Interval | Whiterockian |
Lithology | mudstone/"limestone" |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Small quarry on the south side of U. S. Highway 11 | Smyth County, Virginia, USA | Tumbez |
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!