Where: Maryland (39.7° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 18.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Parker Seam Member (Allegheny Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by H. Bassler
• "The whole collection is the property of the Maryland Geological Survey." Cockerell, 1927
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. The Carboniferous Insects of Maryland. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 19:385-416 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124515: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 17.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Ochetopteron canaliculatum n. gen. n. sp.
Ochetopteron canaliculatum n. gen. n. sp. Cockerell 1927 winged insect | |
Orthomylacris recta n. sp.
Orthomylacris recta n. sp. Cockerell 1927 cockroach |