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