South side of U. S. Highway 30, 1 mile S. 70° W. of St. Thomas (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, Pennsylvania (39.9° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 57.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pinesburg Member (Chambersburg Formation), Blackriveran (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• Given as Shippensburg, but that is outdated.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• 140 feet of cobbly and slabby limestone. The lower part of the member is of platy-weathering limestone, the middle part (73 feet at type section) of cobbly limestone, and the upper 36 feet of dark-gray platy or slabby limestone. Echinosphaerites is abundant in the lower part of the member and Nidulites in the upper part

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162391: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia magnaplicata, Oxoplecia simulatrix
Oxoplecia magnaplicata
Oxoplecia aff. calhouni Wilson
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Cyphomena angulata" = Dactylogonia
"Cyphomena angulata" = Dactylogonia
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Opikina bellula, Opikina cf. wagneri, Strophomena sp., Strophomena "sp. 1", Strophomena "sp. 2"
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomena "sp. 1" Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomena "sp. 2" Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Opikina cf. ruedemanni" = Macrocoelia ruedemanni, "Leptaena ordovicica" = Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica
"Opikina cf. ruedemanni" = Macrocoelia ruedemanni Salmon 1942
"Leptaena ordovicica" = Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica Cooper 1956
Leptaena sp.
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
? Eoplectodonta dubia, Sowerbyella aequicostellata
? Eoplectodonta dubia
Sowerbyella cf. S. alternata Butts
Sowerbyella aequicostellata
Sowerbyella cf. S. aequistriata (Willard
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
? Leptellina cf. elegantula
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria parvula
Bimuria parvula Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bilobia virginiensis
Bilobia virginiensis Cooper 1956
"Sowerbyella" cf. "S." pisum (Ruedemann
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Protozygidae
Protozyga sp.
Protozyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides obtusus, Skenidioides aequicostellata
Skenidioides obtusus
? Skenidium cf. anthonense (Sardeson
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Doleroides sp., Mimella sp., Plectorthis "sp. 1"
? Doleroides sp. Cooper 1930
Mimella sp. Cooper 1930
Plectorthis "sp. 1" Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Scaphorthis kayi
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis transversa, Multicostella sp.
Dinorthis transversa Willard 1928
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis cf. tricenaria
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites rectangulatiis, "Orthambonites bielsteini" = Sulevorthis bielsteini
"Orthambonites bielsteini" = Sulevorthis bielsteini Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis equiconvexa
Glyptorthis equiconvexa Cooper 1956
Glyptorthis cf. bellarugosa
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura matutina
Paucicrura matutina
Resserella sp.
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis ponderosa
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina cf. rotundiformis
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Plectocamara magna, Camerella cf. varians
Camerella cf. varians Billings 1859
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Pseudolingula "sp. 1"
Pseudolingula "sp. 1" Mickwitz 1909
 Lingulida - Obolidae
"Glyptoglossa cavellosa n. gen. n. sp." = Glyptoglossella cavellosa
"Glyptoglossa cavellosa n. gen. n. sp." = Glyptoglossella cavellosa Cooper 1956
 Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae
Lingulasma "sp. 2"
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp., Lingula "sp. 10"
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingula "sp. 10" Bruguiére 1797