Where: Beaver County, Pennsylvania (41.0° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 18.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vanport Formation (Allegheny Group), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. E. Raymond. 1911. A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania. Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7:83-98 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184098: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 31.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Cyathaxonia distorta" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum
"Cyathaxonia distorta" = Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum Worthen 1875 horn coral | |
Strophomenata | |
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 | |
"Productus nanus" = Desmoinesia nana
"Productus nanus" = Desmoinesia nana Meek and Worthen 1866 | |
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809 | |
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina kentuckiensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Spiriferina kentuckiensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855 | |
Composita girtyi Raymond 1911
Composita subtilita Hall 1852
Cleiothyridina orbicularis McChesney 1859 | |
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858 | |
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836 | |
Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou 1858 | |
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859 | |
Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Septopora biserialis Swallow 1858 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Murchisonia terebra" = Goniasma terebra
"Murchisonia terebra" = Goniasma terebra White 1879 snail | |
"Loxonema scitulum" = Pseudozygopleura scitula
"Loxonema scitulum" = Pseudozygopleura scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail | |
Anomphalus rotulus Meek and Worthen 1867 snail | |
Trachydomia wheeleri Swallow 1860 snail | |
"Platyceras spinigerum" = Orthonychia spinigerum, "Platyceras parvum" = Orthonychia parva
"Platyceras spinigerum" = Orthonychia spinigerum Worthen 1883 snail
"Platyceras parvum" = Orthonychia parva Shumard and Swallow 1858 snail | |
"Strophostylus remex" = Naticopsis remex, "Naticopsis torta" = Naticopsis tortum, "Naticopsis altonensis" = Jedria ventrica
"Strophostylus remex" = Naticopsis remex White 1876 snail
"Naticopsis torta" = Naticopsis tortum Meek 1872 snail
"Naticopsis altonensis" = Jedria ventrica Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus, "Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail | |
"Soleniscus fusiformis" = Soleniscus regularis
"Soleniscus fusiformis" = Soleniscus regularis Cox 1857 snail | |
"Porcellia peoriensis" = Ambozone peoriensis, "Pleurotomaria spironema" = Globodoma spironema
"Porcellia peoriensis" = Ambozone peoriensis Worthen 1884 snail
"Pleurotomaria spironema" = Globodoma spironema Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria granulostriata" = Paragoniozona granulostriata
"Pleurotomaria granulostriata" = Paragoniozona granulostriata Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Euconospira bicarinatus snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Macrodon sangamonensis" = Parallelodon sangamonensis
"Macrodon sangamonensis" = Parallelodon sangamonensis Worthen 1890 clam | |
Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop | |
Astartella varica McChesney 1860 clam | |
Polyplacophora | |
"Glaphurochiton simplex" = Helminthochiton simplex
"Glaphurochiton simplex" = Helminthochiton simplex Raymond 1910 chiton | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense McChesney 1859 | |
"Endobolus missouriensis" = Liroceras missouriensis
"Endobolus missouriensis" = Liroceras missouriensis Swallow 1858 nautiloid | |
Domatoceras highlandense Worthen 1875 nautiloid | |
Foraminifera | |
Fusulinella sp. Moeller 1878 |