Unit 8, Wills Creek Limestone, Grasshopper Run Section (Silurian to of the United States)
Where: Morgan County County, West Virginia (39.6° N, 78.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 41.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wills Creek Limestone Formation, Ludlow to Ludlow (422.9 - 416.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified, green shale and lithified sandstone
• Crumbly green shale and sandstone, Leperditia, "Spirifer" cf. vanuxemi; imprints of salt crystals.
Primary reference: H. P. Woodward. 1941. Silurian System of West Virginia. West Virginia Geological Survey 14:1-326 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 41160: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 07.07.2004