Price Formation
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The Price Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia and West Virginia[2]. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.
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Sub-unitsMerrimac Coal, Langhorne Coal
UnderliesMaccrady Formation and Greenbrier Group
OverliesHampshire Group and Sunbury Shale
| Price Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Famennian- Tournaisian[1] | |
Outcrop of Merrimac Coal, Price Formation; Valley Coalfield, Virginia | |
| 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 |
Fossil content
Invertebrates
Eurypterids
| Eurypterids reported from the Price Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Cyrtoctenus | C. bambachi | Western Virginia.[3] | A hibbertopterid. | ||
Plants
| Plants reported from the Price Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Cardiopteridium | C. nanum f. spetsbergense | Slender axes or portions of bipinnate fronds.[4] | |||
| Gnetopsis | G. hispida | Southwestern Virginia.[5] | Seeds.[5] | ||
| Lagenospermum | L. imparirameum | Southwestern Virginia.[5] | Seeds.[5] | ||
| Neuropteris | N. antiqua | Bipinnate fronds terminated by pinnules.[4] | |||
