Locality 087. Mutton Lane Creek on both sides of State Highway 84 at base of Buc (Devonian of the United States)

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
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus tiogensis McAlester 1962 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
 Carditida - Eodonidae
"Cypricardella bellastriata" = Eodon bellastriatus
"Cypricardella bellastriata" = Eodon bellastriatus Conrad 1842 clam
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
"Vertumnia reversa" = Pterinopecten (Vertumnia)
"Vertumnia reversa" = Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria "sp. A" Hall 1884 oyster
Leptodesma spinigerum Conrad 1842 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca chemungensis Conrad 1842 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Ptychodesma neglectum Hall 1883 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) chemungensis" = Parallelodon chemungensis
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) chemungensis" = Parallelodon chemungensis Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
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
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam