Lancaster, Kinzers Fm. (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Pennsylvania (40.0° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° S, 88.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Bathyuriscus - Elrathina zone, upper Member (Kinzers Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)

• "Bathyuriscus-Elrathina zone. Mid- M. Camb., cf. Burgess Sh."

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•Was St Davids.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• "fissile sh w/ thin very silty ls. outer shelf or slope (??) BA5"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. D. Campbell. 1971. Occurrence of "Ogygopis Shale" fauna in southeastern Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 45:437-440 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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Taxonomic list

• "L.D. Campbell, 1971. Occurence of "Ogygopsis Shale" fauna in southeastern Penn., J. Paleo 45:437-440."
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 Hyolithelminthida -
Byronia sp.
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
? Protospongia sp.
? Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge
originally entered as "? Protospongia sp."
Tubulella
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Tubulella sp.
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia sp.
Pagetia sp. Walcott 1916
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis sp.
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
"Elrathina sp." = Ptychoparella
"Elrathina sp." = Ptychoparella Poulson 1927 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Oryctocephalus sp.
Oryctocephalus sp. Walcott 1886 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Olenoides sp., Ogygopsis sp.
Olenoides sp. Meek 1877 trilobite
Ogygopsis sp. Walcott 1889 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Bathyuriscus sp.
Bathyuriscus sp. Meek 1873 trilobite
Kutorginata
 Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia sp.
Nisusia sp. Walcott 1905
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterinidae indet.
Paterinidae indet. Schuchert 1893