Cresaptown (Silurian of the United States)

Also known as VPIL-3743

Where: Maryland (39.6° N, 78.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 32.1° S, 93.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pterospathodus amorphognathoides conodont zone, Rose Hill Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: chemical, acetic, sieve

Primary reference: S. A. Northrop. 1939. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé. Geological Society of America Special Paper 21:1-302 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172907: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 30.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotoides boucoti Peel 1974 snail