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Knox - Cotter, USA

GroupKnox
FormationCotter
Age:478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
IntervalFloian
Lithologydolomite, "limestone"
Number of Collections7
Number of Occurrences16

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
RogersvilleHawkins County, Tennessee, USAKnox - Cotter
South of MosheimGreene County, Tennessee, USAKnox - Cotter
Trundles Cross RoadsKnox County, Tennessee, USAKnox - Cotter
near MascotKnox County, Tennessee, USAKnox - Cotter
Middle River about 1 mile N of VeronaAugusta County, Virginia, USAKnox - Cotter
Quarry northeast of Jefferson CityJefferson County, Tennessee, USAKnox - Cotter
1 mile south of Cherry GroveRockingham County, Virginia, USAKnox - Cotter

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Allopiloceras affine
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras affine477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras compressum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras compressum477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras erectum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras erectum477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras sevierense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras sevierense477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras subrectum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras subrectum477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras subunguliforme
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras subunguliforme477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras tennesseense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras tennesseense477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Allopiloceras unguliforme
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Allopiloceras : Allopiloceras unguliforme477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Cassinoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Cassinoceras477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Piloceras saffordi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Piloceratidae : Piloceras : Piloceras saffordi477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Oderoceras depressum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Oderoceras : Oderoceras depressum477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Oderoceras sevierense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Oderoceras : Oderoceras sevierense477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Oderoceras virginianum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : Oderoceras : Oderoceras virginianum477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

References

Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1943) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods. Part II, Brevicones, Geological Society of America Special Papers 49, 1-240
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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