Where: Custer county County, South Dakota (43.5° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 87.7° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cedarina dakotaensis zone, Deadwood Formation, Menevian (513.0 - 501.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: Collection made by Christina Lochman-Balk. The lithologic descriptions of the section are derived from Lochman-Balk's field notes and Stitt's field reconnaissance.

Primary reference: J. H. Stitt. 1998. Trilobites from the Cedarina dakotaensis zone, lowermost part of the Deadwood Formation, (Marjuman Stage, Upper Cambrian), Black Hills South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 72(6):1030-1046 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8277: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 03.07.2000