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Weymouth - Middle, Massachusetts, USA

FormationWeymouth
MemberMiddle
Age:520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalAtdabanian
Lithologywackestone, "limestone"
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
NH-24.5 - NahantEssex County, Massachusetts, USAWeymouth - Middle
PS 0.2 - Pearl StreetNorfolk County, Massachusetts, USAWeymouth - Middle

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Weymouth - Lower516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
wackestone, "limestone"111

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Hyolithes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Hyolithidae : Hyolithes520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Allatheca degeeri
species
7Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Allathecidae : Allatheca : Allatheca degeeri520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Gracilitheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Gracilithecidae : Gracilitheca520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Ladatheca cylindrica
species
7Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecimorpha : Circothecida : Ladatheca : Ladatheca cylindrica520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Torellella laevigata
species
7Animalia : Hyolithelminthida : Torellellidae : Torellella : Torellella laevigata541 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Stenotheca acutacosta
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Stenothecidae : Stenotheca : Stenotheca acutacosta520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Aldanella attleborensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Pelagiellida : Aldanellidae : Aldanella : Aldanella attleborensis541 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Pelagiella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Pelagiellidae : Pelagiella541 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

References

Landing E. (1988) Lower Cambrian of eastern Massachusetts: stratigraphy and small shelly fossils, Journal of Paleontology 62 5, 661-695
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!
 
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