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Cliffield - Lincolnshire Limestone, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
| Formation | Cliffield |
|---|---|
| Member | Lincolnshire Limestone |
| Age: | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician |
| Interval | Caradocian |
| Lithology | limestone |
| Number of Collections | 4 |
| Number of Occurrences | 40 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Cliffield Formation | Tazewell County, Virginia, USA | Cliffield - Lincolnshire Limestone |
| Cliffield Formation | Tazewell County, Virginia, USA | Cliffield - Lincolnshire Limestone |
| Cliffield Formation | Tazewell County, Virginia, USA | Cliffield - Lincolnshire Limestone |
| Cliffield Formation | Tazewell County, Virginia, USA | Cliffield - Lincolnshire Limestone |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benbolt - Burkes Garden Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 317 |
| Benbolt - Shannondale Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 256 |
| Cliffield - Blackford | 468 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | chert/"limestone" | 40 |
| Cliffield - Five Oaks Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 35 |
| Cliffield - Peery Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 166 |
| Cliffield - Ward Cove Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 56 |
| Witten Limestone | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 211 |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Cooper B. N., Prouty C. E. (1943) Stratigraphy of the Lower Middle Ordovician of Tazewell County, Virginia, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 54, 819-886 |
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!
