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Route 113 , Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.9208,-81.5167 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Virginia, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Smyth County, Virginia, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Route 113 (Marion-Chatham Hill road), 6 miles north of Marion, Chatham Hill | Cooper G. A. (1956) | Chatham Hill | "limestone" | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Calyptaulax annulata species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pterygometopidae : Calyptaulax : Calyptaulax annulata | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Glyptorthis bellatula species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Glyptorthidae : Glyptorthis : Glyptorthis bellatula | 460.9 - 449.5 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!