Where: Pennsylvannia (42.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 25.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Millport Member (Hanover Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Given as lower Upper Chemung. The Hanover would be the best bet.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: A. L. McAlester. 1962. Upper Devonian pelecypods of the New York Chemung stage. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 16:1-32 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233186: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.01.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Sphenotus tiogensis McAlester 1962 clam | |
Spathella typica Hall 1885 clam | |
Edmondia philipi clam | |
"Cypricardella bellastriata" = Eodon bellastriatus
"Cypricardella bellastriata" = Eodon bellastriatus Conrad 1842 clam | |
"Vertumnia reversa" = Pterinopecten (Vertumnia)
"Vertumnia reversa" = Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) scallop | |
Actinopteria "sp. A" Hall 1884 oyster
Leptodesma spinigerum Conrad 1842 oyster | |
? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam | |
Mytilarca chemungensis Conrad 1842 clam | |
Ptychodesma neglectum Hall 1883 clam | |
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) chemungensis" = Parallelodon chemungensis
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) chemungensis" = Parallelodon chemungensis Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Palaeoneilo constricta, "Palaeoneilo bisulcata" = Bicrenula bisulcata, "Palaeoneilo angusta" = Bicrenula angusta
Palaeoneilo constricta Conrad 1842 clam
"Palaeoneilo bisulcata" = Bicrenula bisulcata Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
"Palaeoneilo angusta" = Bicrenula angusta Hall 1885 clam | |
Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam |