Bens Creek, first cut west of the station on the Pennsylvania Railroad (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

• Both limestone and shale, the limestone usually thin and impure, the shale fine-grained and black. Fossils are usually abundant an, in the shale, well-preserved.

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

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius, "Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"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
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni McChesney 1859 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus Miller and Gurley 1896 ammonite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858