Ava Shale Pit [Noble Limestone Mbr, Conemaugh Gp]: Missourian, Ohio
collected by Murphy & Picking 1960'

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae
Erisocrinus typus Meek and Worthen 1865
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Trigonoglossa nebrascensis
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis (Shumard 1858)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia portlockianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
SUBSPECIES: Antiquatonia portlockianus crassicostatus
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis
Pulchratia ovalis (Dunbar and Condra 1932)
original and current combination Juresania ovalis
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella verneuiliana
Chonetinella flemingi Dunbar and Condra 1932
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer kentuckensis (Shumard 1855)
SUBSPECIES: Punctospirifer kentuckensis amesi
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora cf. valida
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella cf. striata (Stevens 1858)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferus (Stevens 1858)
recombined as Acanthopecten carboniferous
Thecostraca - Lithoglyptida - Trypetesidae
Trypetesa caveata Tomlinson 1963
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Noble
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 81.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.1° South, 18.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Missourian Conodont zone: Idiognathodus eudoraensis
Age range of interval:305.90000 - 303.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Conemaugh Member:Noble Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Noble Limestone Member of the Conemaugh Group. The Noble Limestone overlies the facies that are equivalent of the Bakerstown Coal, and is overlain by equivalent facies of the Rock Riffle Limestone. AGE: STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular,gray,white lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: White to gray, weathers buff; nodular, marine, sparingly fossiliferous; interbedded with green-greenish-gray, dense, calcareous, fossiliferous marine shale. LITHIFICATION:
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Murphy & Picking Collection dates:1960's
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: J. L. Murphy, L. Picking, 1960's. REPOSTORY: Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for invertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:159904
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-08-12 09:45:34 Last modified:2014-08-12 09:45:34
Access level:the public Released:2014-08-12 09:45:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52197. J. L. Murphy and L. Picking. 1967. A new marine member in the Conemaugh Group of Ohio. Kirtlandia (1)1-7 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]