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The Price Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
Price Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Famennian- Tournaisian[1] | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Merrimac Coal, Langhorne Coal |
Underlies | Maccrady Formation and Greenbrier Group |
Overlies | Hampshire Group and Sunbury Shale |
Lithology | |
Primary | shale, siltstone |
Other | coal |
Location | |
Region | Virginia and West Virginia |
Country | United States |
Eurypterids reported from the Price Formation | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Cyrtoctenus | C. bambachi | Western Virginia.[2] | A hibbertopterid. | ||
Plants reported from the Price Formation | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Cardiopteridium | C. nanum f. spetsbergense | Slender axes or portions of bipinnate fronds.[3] | |||
Gnetopsis | G. hispida | Southwestern Virginia.[4] | Seeds.[4] | ||
Lagenospermum | L. imparirameum | Southwestern Virginia.[4] | Seeds.[4] | ||
Neuropteris | N. antiqua | Bipinnate fronds terminated by pinnules.[3] | |||
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