Where: Somerset County, Pennsylvania (40.2° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 16.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Brush Creek Shale Member (Glenshaw Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• JA: originally entered as Pennsylvanian, but the Brush Creek Shale is generally recognized as Missourian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CM
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 184101: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 31.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius, "Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam | |
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni McChesney 1859 clam | |
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus Miller and Gurley 1896 ammonite | |
Strophomenata | |
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 |