Hinton District: Serpukhovian, West Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Colosteidae
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Greererpeton sp.
Romer 1969
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Clack and Milner 2015 | |||||||||
| MCZ 6018-6020 (cranial fragments) | ||||||||||
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Crassigyrinidae
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Crassigyrinus sp.
Watson 1926
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Godfrey 1988 | |||||||||
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Crassigyrinus indet.
Watson 1926
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Panchen and Smithson 1990 | |||||||||
| MCZ 6028a (ilium) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Doragnathus sp.
Smithson 1980
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Clack and Milner 2015 | |||||||||
| MCZ 8003 (mandibular fragment) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | West Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 37.7° North, 80.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.3° South, 24.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Serpukhovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 330.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mauch Chunk | Formation: | Hinton |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MCZ |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176232 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | E. Dunne |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-03 06:17:05 | Last modified: | 2023-11-02 12:06:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-03 06:17:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57898. | T. R. Smithson. 1982. The cranial morphology of Greererpeton burkemorani Romer (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76(1):29-90 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |
Secondary references:
| 57666 | J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner. 2015. Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 3A1: Basal Tetrapoda. [R. Butler/E. Dunne] | |
| 40494 | S. J. Godfrey. 1988. Isolated tetrapod remains from the Carboniferous of West Virginia. Kirtlandia 43:27-36 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] | |
| 57900 | A. L. Panchen and T. R. Smithson. 1990. The pelvic girdle and hind limb of Crassigyrinus scoticus (Lydekker) from the Scottish Carboniferous and the origin of the tetrapod pelvic skeleton. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 81:31-44 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |