Cut on railroad 1/2 mile east of station, Donohue: Missourian, Pennsylvania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum profundum (Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)
recombined as Lophophyllidium profundum
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" umbonata White 1884
synonym of Lingula carbonaria
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes granulifer Owen 1852
recombined as Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Marginifera wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Hystriculina wabashensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Productus pertenuis Meek 1872
recombined as Pustula pertenuis
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Productus cora d'Orbigny 1842
recombined as Linoproductus cora
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbya robusta (Hall 1858)
Derbya crassa (Meek and Hayden 1858)
recombined as Derbyia crassa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Spirifer cameratus Morton 1836
recombined as Neospirifer cameratus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
recombined as Crurithyris planoconvexa
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Yoldia carbonaria (Meek 1871)
synonym of Palaeoneilo oweni
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Nuculana bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
recombined as Polidevcia bellistriata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ventricosa Hall 1858
replaced by Nuculopsis girtyi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferous (Stevens 1858)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella vera Hall 1858
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cuneatus Meek 1875
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium meekanum (Geinitz 1866)
recombined as Minodentalium meekianum
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus catilloides (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Amphiscapha catilloides
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemus carbonarius (Cox 1857)
recombined as Euphemites carbonarius
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon percarinatus Conrad 1842
recombined as Pharkidonotus percarinatus
Bucanopsis marcouana (Geinitz 1866)
recombined as Retispira marcouianus
Patellostium montfortianum (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Cymatospira montfortianus
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Bulimorpha nitidula (Meek and Worthen 1860)
synonym of Soleniscus typicus
Sphaerodoma primogenia (Conrad 1835)
recombined as Strobeus primogenius
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata (Conrad 1835)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Pleurotomaria carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855
recombined as Shansiella carbonaria
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira illinoisensis (Worthen 1884)
Pleurotomaria perhumerosa Meek 1872
recombined as Hypselentoma perhumerosa
Phanerotrema grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Orthoceras rushense McChesney 1859
recombined as Protocycloceras rushense
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Goniatites lunatus Miller and Gurley 1896
recombined as Beyrichoceratoides lunatus
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
Temnocheilus crassus Hyatt 1891
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Solenochilidae
Solenocheilus collectus (Meek and Worthen 1870)
recombined as Solenochilus collectum
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
Cyrtoceras curtum Meek and Worthen 1860
recombined as Brachycycloceras curtum
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 79.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.2° South, 16.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Late/Upper Pennsylvanian
Stage:Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Missourian
Age range of interval:305.90000 - 303.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Conemaugh Formation:Glenshaw Member:Brush Creek Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: JA: originally entered as Pennsylvanian, but the Brush Creek Shale is generally recognized as Missourian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 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.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:CM
Metadata
Database number:184103
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-02-01 09:38:06 Last modified:2017-02-01 09:38:06
Access level:the public Released:2017-02-01 09:38:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

16276. 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]