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Valcour - Ottosee, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
| Formation | Valcour |
|---|---|
| Member | Ottosee |
| Age: | 466 - 458 Ma Ordovician |
| Interval | Chazy |
| Lithology | shale |
| Number of Collections | 1 |
| Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Mosheim Mbr. | Knox County, Tennessee, USA | Valcour - Ottosee |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenoir | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone, packstone/mudstone | 29 |
| Lenoir - Asbury | 468 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | carbonate, "limestone" | 17 |
| Lenoir - Mosheim | 468 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | carbonate, "limestone" | 11 |
| Moccasin | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | limestone/"shale", "limestone", "carbonate"/mudstone, "limestone"/siltstone, mudstone/"limestone", claystone | 37 |
| Whitesburg | 466 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | limestone/"shale", "shale"/mudstone | 23 |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Geraocrinus sculptusspecies | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Geraocrinus : Geraocrinus sculptus | 466 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
References
| Ulrich E. O. (1925) New classification of the "Heterocrinidae", Canada Geological Survey, Memoir 138, 82-106 |
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!
