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Solite Corporation Quarry , Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)36.5409,-79.669
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationNorth Carolina, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Solite Corporation Quarry (YPM coll)Olsen P. E., Baird D. (1986)Dan River - Cow Branch - UpperUpper Member refered to as CB2. The footprint-bearing block was not found in place but is believed to come from the Upper Member. Body fossils from cycles 2, 3, and 16 within the quarry seriessiltstone228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Solite Quarries (VMNH collection)Selden P. A., Anderson J. M., et al (1999)Cow BranchLocated in the Newark Supergroup"shale"228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Solite Quarries (VPIGM collection)Fang Y., Muscente A. D., et al (2018)Cow BranchLocated in the Newark Supergroup"shale"228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Solite Quarry, Cycle 1 (VMNH collection)Kelly R. S., Ross A. J., et al (2017)Cow BranchLocated in the Newark Supergroup"shale"228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Solite Quarry, Cycle 13 (VMNH collection)Kelly R. S., Ross A. J., et al (2017)Cow BranchLocated in the Newark Supergroup"shale"228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Pterophyllum sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Pterophyllum228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Sphenozamites sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadeoideaceae : Sphenozamites228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Zamites sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Zamites228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Neocalamites sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Neocalamites228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lepidodendron sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidodendron228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lepacyclotes sp.
genus
Lepacyclotes228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lonchopteris sp.
genus
Plantae : Lonchopteris228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Pelourdea sp.
genus
Pelourdea228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Zamiostrobus sp.
genus
Zamiostrobus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Pagiophyllum sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Pagiophyllum228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Brachyphyllum sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Brachyphyllum228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Elatocladus sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Elatocladus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Podozamites sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Podozamites228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Argyrarachne solitus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Argyrarachne : Argyrarachne solitus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Blattodea
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Holcoptera solitensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Coptoclavidae : Holcoptera : Holcoptera solitensis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Mormolucoides articulatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mormolucoides : Mormolucoides articulatus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Schizophoridae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Schizophoridae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Leehermania prorova
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Leehermania : Leehermania prorova228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Diptera
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Tipulomorpha
infraorder
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Tipulomorpha228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Crosaphis virginiensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Crosaphis : Crosaphis virginiensis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Architipula youngi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Architipula : Architipula youngi228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Metarchilimonia : Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Metarchilimonia solita
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Metarchilimonia : Metarchilimonia solita228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Veriplecia rugosa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Veriplecia : Veriplecia rugosa228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Virginiptera certa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Virginiptera : Virginiptera certa228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Virginiptera lativentra
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Virginiptera : Virginiptera lativentra228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Virginiptera similis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Virginiptera : Virginiptera similis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Alinka cara
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Procramptonomyiidae : Alinka : Alinka cara228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Yalea argentata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Procramptonomyiidae : Yalea : Yalea argentata228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Yalea rectimedia
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Procramptonomyiidae : Yalea : Yalea rectimedia228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Prosechamyia dimedia
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Prosechamyiidae : Prosechamyia : Prosechamyia dimedia228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Prosechamyia trimedia
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Prosechamyiidae : Prosechamyia : Prosechamyia trimedia228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Brachyrhyphus distortus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Protorhyphidae : Brachyrhyphus : Brachyrhyphus distortus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Triassopsychoda olseni
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Psychodidae : Triassopsychoda : Triassopsychoda olseni228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Archescytinidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Archescytinidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Triassonepa solensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Belostomatidae : Triassonepa : Triassonepa solensis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Naucoridae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Naucoridae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mecoptera : Pseudopolycentropodidae : Pseudopolycentropodes : Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Phyloblatta grimaldii
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Phyloblatta : Phyloblatta grimaldii228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Orthoptera
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Cascadelcana virginiana
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Elcanidae : Cascadelcana : Cascadelcana virginiana228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Thysanoptera
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Thysanoptera228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Triassothrips virginicus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Thysanoptera : Triassothripidae : Triassothrips : Triassothrips virginicus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Turseodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Palaeoniscidae : Turseodus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Cionichthys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Cionichthys228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Synorichthys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Synorichthys228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Semionotus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae : Semionotus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Diplurus newarki
species
Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : Diplurus : Diplurus newarki228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Pariostegus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Pariostegus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Mecistotrachelos apeoros
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Mecistotrachelos : Mecistotrachelos apeoros228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Tanytrachelos ahynis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tanystropheidae : Tanytrachelos : Tanytrachelos ahynis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Anchisauripus milfordensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : Anchisauripus milfordensis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Anthophyta
unranked clade
Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Anthophyta228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Dictyophyllum sp.
genus
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Dictyophyllum228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Olsen P. E. (1979) A new aquatic eosuchian from the Newark Supergroup (Late Triassic–Early Jurassic) of North Carolina and Virginia, Postilla 176, 1-14
Olsen P. E., Baird D. (1986) The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy, In: K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Changes Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 61-87
Krzemiski W. (1992) Triassic and Lower Jurassic stage of Diptera evolution, Bulletin de la Société Entomologique Suisse 65, 39-59
Fraser N. C., Grimaldi D. A., et al (1996) A Triassic Lagerstatte from eastern North America, Nature 380, 615-619
Selden P. A., Anderson J. M., et al (1999) Fossil araneomorph spiders from the Triassic of South Africa and Virginia, The Journal of Arachnology 27, 401-414
Vršanský P. (2003) Phyloblatta grimaldii sp. nov. a new Triassic cockroach (Insecta: Blattaria) from Virginia, Entomological Problems 33 1-2, 51-53
Huber P., McDonald N. G., et al (2003) Early Jurassic insects from the Newark Supergroup, northeastern United States, The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Volume 2: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology, 206-223
Grimaldi D., Shmakov A., et al (2004) Mesozoic thrips and early evolution of the order Thysanoptera (Insecta), Journal of Paleontology 78, 941-952
Grimaldi D., Zhang J. F., et al (2005) Revision of the bizarre Mesozoic scorpionflies in the Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecopteroidea), Insect Systematics & Evolution 36, 443-458
Blagoderov V. A., Grimaldi D. A., et al (2007) How time flies for flies: diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the order, American Museum Novitates 3572, 1-39
Fraser N. C., Olsen P. E., et al (2007) A New Gliding Tetrapod (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic (Carman) of Virginia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 2, 261-265
Chatzimanolis S., Grimaldi D. A., et al (2012) Leehermania prorova, the earliest staphyliniform beetle, from the Late Triassic of Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), American Museum Novitates 3761, 1-28
Kelly R. S., Ross A. J., et al (2017) Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 128, 659-674
Criscione J., Grimaldi D. (2017) The oldest predaceous water bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Belostomatidae), with implications for paleolimnology of the Triassic Cow Branch Formation, Journal of Paleontology 91, 1166-1177
Fang Y., Muscente A. D., et al (2018) The earliest Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Upper Triassic of North America, Journal of Paleontology 92, 1028-1034
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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