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Cow Branch, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA

Formation	Cow Branch
Age:	228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Interval	Norian
Tectonic Setting	Rift
Lithology	shale
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	21

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Solite Corporation Quarry	Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA	Cow Branch

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Dan River - Cow Branch - upper	228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	siliciclastic, siltstone	65

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Argyrarachne solitus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Argyrarachne : *Argyrarachne solitus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Holcoptera solitensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Coptoclavidae : Holcoptera : *Holcoptera solitensis*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Mormolucoides articulatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mormolucoides : *Mormolucoides articulatus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Leehermania prorova species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Leehermania : *Leehermania prorova*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Crosaphis virginiensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Crosaphis : *Crosaphis virginiensis*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Metarchilimonia : *Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Metarchilimonia solita species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Metarchilimonia : *Metarchilimonia solita*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Virginiptera certa species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Virginiptera : *Virginiptera certa*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Virginiptera lativentra species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Virginiptera : *Virginiptera lativentra*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Virginiptera similis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Paraxymyiidae : Virginiptera : *Virginiptera similis*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Yalea rectimedia species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Procramptonomyiidae : Yalea : *Yalea rectimedia*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Prosechamyia dimedia species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Prosechamyiidae : Prosechamyia : *Prosechamyia dimedia*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Prosechamyia trimedia species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Prosechamyiidae : Prosechamyia : *Prosechamyia trimedia*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Brachyrhyphus distortus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Protorhyphidae : Brachyrhyphus : *Brachyrhyphus distortus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Triassopsychoda olseni species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Psychodidae : Triassopsychoda : *Triassopsychoda olseni*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Triassonepa solensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Belostomatidae : Triassonepa : *Triassonepa solensis*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mecoptera : Pseudopolycentropodidae : Pseudopolycentropodes : *Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Phyloblatta grimaldii species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Phyloblatta : *Phyloblatta grimaldii*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cascadelcana virginiana species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Elcanidae : Cascadelcana : *Cascadelcana virginiana*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Triassothrips virginicus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Thysanoptera : Triassothripidae : Triassothrips : *Triassothrips virginicus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

References

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

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

Vršanský P. (2003) Phyloblatta grimaldii sp. nov. a new Triassic cockroach (Insecta: Blattaria) from Virginia, Entomological Problems 33 1-2, 51-53

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

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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