Parker Seam; Sunnyside (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

• Appalachian foreland basin

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

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Protorthoptera -
Ochetopteron canaliculatum n. gen. n. sp.
Ochetopteron canaliculatum n. gen. n. sp. Cockerell 1927 winged insect
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Orthomylacris recta n. sp.
Orthomylacris recta n. sp. Cockerell 1927 cockroach