Test-Treatise Fm
Type Locality and Naming
No type section was assigned when the unit was erected. However, it is a hybrid of some Cambrian fossil names and a subset of Treatise genera for a look-up table testing.
Synonym: Lieberman
Lithology and Thickness
The lithology is essentially virtual make-believe.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Nothing below.
Upper contact
The future of the Lex-Treatise interlinking.
Regional extent
At the moment, only Indiana and Kansas.
GeoJSON
Fossils
The lower part of the formation in the type locality yields trilobite Fuchouia chiai and Hemirhodon amplipyge , crinoids Stellarocrinus testia and Lanecrinus imagii , brachiopods Obolus sp., Lingula, ?Langella, Weirdola, and Glottidia. In the Lugou section, southwestern Luonan County, the upper part of the Bed3 yields trilobites Hejingaspis luoheensis, Inouyia sp., Liopeishania convexa, Ceraurinus icarus , and Plebiellus lugouensis; Ammonoid Subplanites ; trace fossils Arthrophycus sp., and Helicoichnus? sp.; and unidentified algae.
Age
Depositional setting
Pages in the Treatise
Additional Information