Oranda Formation

Oranda Formation
Oranda Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type	sedimentary
Location
Region	Virginia
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Oranda, Virginia
Named by	Cooper and Cooper, 1946

The Oranda Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

This nomenclature is not in current usage. It has been reallocated to Stickley Run Member of the Martinsburg Formation and Edinburg Formation in Virginia and West Virginia, and to the Martinsburg and Chambersburg Formation in Pennsylvania.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Cooper, Byron N.; Cooper, G. Arthur (1946). "Lower Middle Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 57: 35–114.
^ Oranda, USGS National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary. Last Modified: Wed 31 May 2023.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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