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Pulaski Loc. Z-652. 15 meters. M. C. West Lime Company Quarry at Turney

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35.14167, -87.05000View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Pulaski Loc. Z-652. 15 meters. M. C. West Lime Company Quarry at Turney is a fossil collection site in Giles, Tennessee, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Lebanon Limestone, dated to the Blackriveran (457.3–449.6 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deep subtidal shelf. Documented finds include Cleiocrinus, Cremacrinus, Carabocrinus, Praepleurocystis ranaformis, Amecystis nanus.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Lebanon Limestone
Geologic interval
Blackriveran
Age
457.3–449.6 Ma
Depositional environment
deep subtidal shelf
Recorded occurrences
6
Locality notes

T.G.C.S. 275,400 N, 1,684,400 E, Pulaski 7.5' Quad.

Fossils found here

Cleiocrinus
Crinoidea · Cleiocrinidae
Cremacrinus
Crinoidea · Calceocrinidae
Carabocrinus
Crinoidea · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Praepleurocystis ranaformis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Pleurocystitidae
Amecystis nanus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Pleurocystitidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 195667 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 35.14167, -87.05000

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