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Blackford 'sinkhole', Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.9594,-83.5381 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Tennessee, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sevier County, Tennessee, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Blackford 'sinkhole', Douglas Lake | Caster K.E., Brooks H.K. (1956) | Blackford | Whiterockian; All from Unit B; most from upper 8 feet of this unit | dolomite | 468.1 - 460.9 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cestites sp. genus | Animalia : Problematica : Cestites | 468.1 - 460.9 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Douglasocaris sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Douglasocaris | 468.1 - 460.9 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Chasmataspis sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Chasmataspidida : Chasmataspis | 468.1 - 460.9 Ma Middle Ordovician |
References
Caster K.E., Brooks H.K. (1956) New fossils from the Canadian-Chazyan (Ordovician) hiatus in Tennessee, Bulletins of American Paleontology 36 157, 157-199 |
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!