Ava Shale Pit [Noble Limestone Mbr, Conemaugh Gp] (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Noble County, Ohio (39.9° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 18.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Idiognathodus eudoraensis conodont zone, Noble Limestone Member, Missourian (305.9 - 303.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Noble Limestone Member of the Conemaugh Group. The Noble Limestone overlies the facies that are equivalent of the Bakerstown Coal, and is overlain by equivalent facies of the Rock Riffle Limestone. AGE: STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, gray, white limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: White to gray, weathers buff; nodular, marine, sparingly fossiliferous; interbedded with green-greenish-gray, dense, calcareous, fossiliferous marine shale. LITHIFICATION:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Murphy & Picking in 1960's

• COLLECTORS: J. L. Murphy, L. Picking, 1960's. REPOSTORY: Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Primary reference: J. L. Murphy and L. Picking. 1967. A new marine member in the Conemaugh Group of Ohio. Kirtlandia (1)1-7 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159904: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for invertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella cf. striata Stevens 1858 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferus Stevens 1858 scallop
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis, "Pulchratia ovalis" = Juresania ovalis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
"Pulchratia ovalis" = Juresania ovalis Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia portlockianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
SUBSPECIES: Antiquatonia portlockianus crassicostatus
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855
SUBSPECIES: Punctospirifer kentuckensis amesi
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Thecostraca
 Lithoglyptida - Trypetesidae
Trypetesa caveata Tomlinson 1963 barnacle
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae
Erisocrinus typus Meek and Worthen 1865 Sea lily
Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853 chimaera