Published July 1, 2022
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AN EARLY SILURIAN FISH FROM THE CLINCH (TUSCARORA) SANDSTONE OF VIRGINIA
Authors/Creators
- 1. Research Associate, Department of Paleontology, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, Maryland, USA
- 2. Maryland Geological Society, 7510 Ferber Place, Springfield, Virginia, USA
Description
A fossil fish bone is reported from the Early Silurian Clinch (Tuscarora) Sandstone of Lee County, southwestern Virginia. This Silurian fish specimen constitutes the oldest occurrence of fossil fish yet found in eastern North America, which then lay along the margin of the Taconic land mass. Fish remains of early Silurian age were reported by Lyell from western Virginia over one hundred and fifty years ago, but the validity of his observation has been disputed until now.