Where: Garrett County, Maryland (39.4° N, 79.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 4.4° S, 14.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Conemaugh Formation, Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• there was "a maximum of twenty-two feet of fossiliferous material in one core hole, with an average of four feet of fossiliferous strata per core"
•said to be Missourian, but the Ames Shale is generally considered to be Virgilian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1942, 1944
Collection methods: core,
• "specimens were obtained from cores of the U. S. Bureau of Mines-Maryland Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources cooperative core drilling programs of 1942 and 1944"
Primary reference: J., J.r. Lintz. 1958. The fauna of the Ames and Brush Creek shales of the Conemaugh Formation of western Maryland. Journal of Paleontology 32(1):97-112 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118827: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.10.2011
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Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Chonetina verneuilianus obscurus n. ssp.
Chonetina verneuilianus obscurus n. ssp. | |
Gastropoda | |
unclassified | |
Crinoidea | |
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Ostracoda | |
Sansabella sp. ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926 ostracod | |
Cavellina spp. Coryell 1928 ostracod | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Composita ? ovata Mather 1915 | |
Strophomenata | |
Juresania ? symmetrica, "Juresania ? nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania ? nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
"? Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"? Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea ? missouriensis Shumard 1858 | |
Polychaeta | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Plagioglypta annulistriata" = Plagioglypta annulostriata
"Plagioglypta annulistriata" = Plagioglypta annulostriata Meek and Worthen 1870 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Edmondia subtruncata" = Cyrtodontula subtruncata
"Edmondia subtruncata" = Cyrtodontula subtruncata Hall 1847 clam | |
Euchondria ? levicula Newell 1938 scallop | |
"Dunbarella appalachiensis n. sp." = Dunbarella striata
"Dunbarella appalachiensis n. sp." = Dunbarella striata Stevens 1858 scallop | |
Aviculopecten spp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
? Acanthopecten carboniferus Stevens 1858 scallop | |
Prothyris singewaldi n. sp.
Prothyris singewaldi n. sp. clam | |
? Edmondia pseudoreflexa n. sp. clam
Edmondia aspenwallensis Meek 1871 clam | |
Pleurophorus occidentalis, "Pleurophorus oblongus" = Permophorus oblongus
Pleurophorus occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1864 clam
"Pleurophorus oblongus" = Permophorus oblongus Meek and Hayden 1872 clam | |
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam | |
Schizodus wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
Schizodus curtus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Culunana attenuata pointed nut clam | |
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912 clam | |
Paleyoldia glabra n. gen.
Paleyoldia glabra n. gen. Beede and Rogers 1898 clam | |
"Culunana bellistriata n. gen." = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Culunana bellistriata n. gen." = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
"Solemya trapezoides" = Acharax (Nacrosolemya) trapezoides, "Solemya radiata" = Acharax radiata
"Solemya trapezoides" = Acharax (Nacrosolemya) trapezoides Meek 1874 Awning Clam
"Solemya radiata" = Acharax radiata Meek and Worthen 1860 Awning Clam | |
Nuculopsis anadontoides nut clam
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859 | |
Gastropoda | |
Shansiella ? carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Glabrocingulum ornatum snail
Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Strobeus paludinaeformis, "Strobeus primigenius" = Strobeus primogenius
Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
"Strobeus primigenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail | |
Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail | |
Euphemites vittatus McChesney 1859 snail | |
Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Pseudozygopleura cf. girtyi Knight 1930 snail | |
Girtyspira minuta Stevens 1858 snail
Meekospira aff. percuta snail | |
Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail |