Bramwell Member, Bluestone Formation: Serpukhovian, West Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus aff. chesterensis Meek and Worthen 1860
Schizodus depressus Worthen 1884
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia aff. neglecta (Girty 1915)
Wilkingia walkeri (Weller 1897)
Sanguinolites cf. obliquus Meek 1871
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus ? monroensis (Worthen 1884)
Sphenotus ? pisinnus Hoare et al. 1989
Ectogrammysia prolata n. sp. Hoare 1993
Ectogrammysia inaffecta n. sp. Hoare 1993
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus octocostatus (Weller 1916)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenomorphidae
Solenomorpha nitida (Girty 1910)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
Edmondia equilateralis Girty 1910
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. minima (Worthen 1884)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Aviculopecten cf. crenistriatus Meek 1871
Aviculopecten cf. batesvillensis Weller 1897
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria girtyi n. sp. Hoare 1993
? Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938
Streblochondria mutata n. sp. Hoare 1993
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten greerensis Busanus and Hoare 1991
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Sulcatopinna missouriensis (Swallow 1863)
recombined as Pinna (Sulcatopinna) missouriensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) sp. Hall 1883
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) cf. matheri (Elias 1957)
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) aff. occidentale (Girty 1927)
Caneyella richardsoni Girty 1909
Ptychopteria pusilla n. sp. Hoare 1993
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) cf. waverliensis (Herrick 1888)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia stevensiana (Girty 1910)
Phestia pandoraeformis (Stevens 1858)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia sp. Lintz 1958
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus okawensis (Schenck 1939)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:West Virginia
Coordinates: 37.9° North, 81.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.9° South, 25.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Serpukhovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:Serpukhovian
Age range of interval:330.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bluestone Member:Bramwell
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Bluestone formation consists of a series of layers of shale, siltstone, sandstone, limestone, underclay, coal. Bramwell and Pride Shale members are fossiliferous
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: This is not a collection per se, but is instead a summary of the Bivalvia known from this unit in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia; spatial resolution is therefore VERY POOR, but stratigraphic and temporal control is very good
Metadata
Database number:56142
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. Peters
Modifier:S. Peters Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-13 10:01:45 Last modified:2006-09-24 13:17:18
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-13 10:01:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15117. R. D. Hoare. 1993. Mississippian (Chesterian) bivalves from the Pennsylvanian stratotype area in West Virginia and Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 67(3):374-396 [S. Peters/S. Peters]