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Pleasant Hill Limestone, USA

FormationPleasant Hill Limestone
Age:513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalSolvan - Menevian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections7
Number of Occurrences32

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
USNM 107dBlair County, Pennsylvania, USAPleasant Hill Limestone
USNM 107tFulton County, Pennsylvania, USAPleasant Hill Limestone
USNM 23tHunterdon County, New Jersey, USAPleasant Hill Limestone
USNM 23vHuntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USAPleasant Hill Limestone

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Alokistocare sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Alokistocaridae : Alokistocare513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Elrathia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Alokistocaridae : Elrathia513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Solenopleurella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Solenopleurella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Olenoides sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Olenoides513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Asaphiscus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Asaphiscidae : Asaphiscus513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Blainia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Asaphiscidae : Blainia513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Acrocephalites aoris
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Acrocephalitidae : Acrocephalites : Acrocephalites aoris513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Blairella triangularis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Neoblairella : Blairella triangularis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Neoblairella crassimarginata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Neoblairella : Neoblairella crassimarginata513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

References

Rasetti F. (1965) Middle Cambrian trilobites of the Pleasent Hill Formation in Central Pennsylvania, Journal of Paleontology 39 5, 1007-1014
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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