Siltstones, Bickett Shale, new quarry, 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 - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Naiadites sp. Dawson 1860
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:Argillaceous Limestones
Local section:Locality 2 Local bed:14 ft
Local order:bottom to top
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: siltstone
Lithology description: Interbedded siltstones
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 2, stripping above new quarry face along the northeast side of West Virginia Rte. 7, northeast of Greer
Database number:92971
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-12-18 20:54:19 Last modified:2009-12-18 22:55:29
Access level:the public Released:2009-12-18 20:54:19
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]