Interbedded shales & limestones, Reynolds Limestone, Greer Limestone Co. quarry: Chesterian, West Virginia
collected by J.W. Busanus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia levistriata (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia rugodorsata (Easton 1962)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus depressus Worthen 1884
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
Edmondia suborbiculata (Girty 1911)
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia walkeri (Weller 1897)
(1 measurement)
Wilkingia andrewsi (Whitfield 1882)
(1 measurement)
Sanguinolites cf. unioniformis Winchell 1862
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus monroensis (Worthen 1884)
(1 measurement)
Ectogrammysia sp. Hoare et al. 1989
? Sedgwickia sp. McCoy 1844
Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata n. sp. Busanus and Hoare 1991
(3 measurements)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus illinoisensis (Worthen 1884)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Anthraconauta (Anthraconauta) sp. Pruvost 1930
Anthraconauta (Anthraconauta) aff. A. (A.) minima (Ludwig). BUSANUS, 1974, p. 220, P1. 8, figs. 2, 3.
Naiadites sp. Dawson 1860
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) matheri (Elias 1957)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Sulcatopinna missouriensis (Swallow 1863)
recombined as Pinna (Sulcatopinna) missouriensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten greerensis n. sp. Busanus and Hoare 1991
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten batesvillensis Weller 1897
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria tiltoni n. sp. Busanus and Hoare 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:West Virginia County:Monongalia
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.7° South, 23.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2-3
Key time interval:Chesterian
Age range of interval:335.80000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mauch Chunk Formation:Reynolds Limestone Member:Interbedded Shales
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Interbedded shales and limestones
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J.W. Busanus
Collection method comments: Bowling Green University Collections
Taxonomic list comments:See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
Metadata
Also known as:Locality 1, 0.8 km N. West Virginia Rte. 7, on east side of north trending abandoned road east of the main underground mine entrance, just northeast of Greer
Database number:92956
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-12-17 09:57:14 Last modified:2009-12-19 12:06:49
Access level:the public Released:2009-12-17 09:57:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27. J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare. 1991. Bivalves (Mollusca) from the Mauch Chunk Group (Mississippian, Chesterian) of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 65(3):465-480 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]