Wymps Gap Ls. Member, Mauch Chunk Fm., J. V. Thompson Quarry, Fayette Co., PA (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Fayette County, Pennsylvania (41.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 22.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wymps Gap Member (Mauch Chunk Formation), Brigantian to Brigantian (336.0 - 327.0 Ma)

• Upper Mississippian. "The Wymps Gap Limestone Member is a thin, marine tongue extending from the Union Limestone (Chesterian) in West Virginia."

•JA: originally entered as "Chesterian," but based on conodont stratigraphy this collection is specifically "pre-Glen Dean" in age (Horowitz and Rexroad 1972) and therefore Brigantian or Pendleian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified carbonate and shale

Primary reference: A. H. Simonsen. 1988. Chesterian (Mississippian) Fossil Site in the Mauch Chunk Formation Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania. Northeastern Geology 10(1):50-56 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2774: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 19.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"conulariid" indet., Neoprionodus sp.
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
""Bellerophontoidea" indet." = Bellerophontoidea
""Bellerophontoidea" indet." = Bellerophontoidea M'Coy 1851 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp., Straparollus sp.
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
originally entered as "Straporollus sp."
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus sp.
Strobeus sp. de Koninck 1881 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp.
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp.
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
 Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Endolobus sp.
Endolobus sp. Meek et al. 1865 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp.
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp., Sanguinolites sp.
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959 clam
Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus sp.
Promytilus sp. Newell 1942 mussel
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora sp.
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Anisotrypa sp., Tabulipora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp., Polypora sp.
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp.
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp., Anthracospirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp.
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus sp., Diaphragmus sp.
Diaphragmus sp. Girty 1910
 Productida - Productidae
Inflatia sp.
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
"indet. spines" - originally entered as "Echinoidea indet. spines"
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"indet. columnals" - originally entered as "Crinoidea indet. columnals"
 Cladida - Eupachycrinidae
Eupachycrinus sp.
Eupachycrinus sp. Meek and Worthen 1865 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Agassizocrinidae
Agassizocrinus sp.
Agassizocrinus sp. Owen and Shumard 1852 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Hibbardella sp., "Kladognathus sp." = Kladognathus, "Lambdagnathus sp." = Kladognathus, "Ligonodina sp." = Oulodus
Hibbardella sp. Bassler 1925 conodont
"Kladognathus sp." = Kladognathus Rexroad 1958 conodont
originally entered as "Magnilaterella sp."
"Lambdagnathus sp." = Kladognathus Rexroad 1958 conodont
"Ligonodina sp." = Oulodus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
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Spathognathodus sp.
Spathognathodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1941 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus sp.
Hindeodus sp. Rexroad and Furnish 1964 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Gnathodus sp.
Gnathodus sp. conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Cavusgnathus sp.
Cavusgnathus sp. Harris and Hollingsworth 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
"Ozarkodina sp." = Ozarkodina, "Hindeodella sp." = Ozarkodina
"Ozarkodina sp." = Ozarkodina Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Hindeodella sp." = Ozarkodina Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont