Where: Garrett County, Maryland (39.4° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° S, 16.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Conemaugh Formation, Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 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, in agreement with other references
• 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 118828: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polychaeta | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859 | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Plagioglypta annulistriata" = Plagioglypta annulostriata
"Plagioglypta annulistriata" = Plagioglypta annulostriata Meek and Worthen 1870 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
? Edmondia pseudoreflexa n. sp.
? Edmondia pseudoreflexa n. sp. clam | |
"Pleurophorus oblongus" = Permophorus oblongus
"Pleurophorus oblongus" = Permophorus oblongus Meek and Hayden 1872 clam | |
Prothyris singewaldi n. sp.
Prothyris singewaldi n. sp. clam | |
Astartella concentrica Conrad 1842 clam
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam | |
Schizodus wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
Schizodus curtus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Euchondria ? levicula Newell 1938 scallop | |
Aviculopecten spp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
"Dunbarella appalachiensis n. sp." = Dunbarella striata
"Dunbarella appalachiensis n. sp." = Dunbarella striata Stevens 1858 scallop | |
? Acanthopecten armigerus scallop | |
"Edmondia subtruncata" = Cyrtodontula subtruncata
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"Solemya trapezoides" = Acharax (Nacrosolemya) trapezoides
"Solemya trapezoides" = Acharax (Nacrosolemya) trapezoides Meek 1874 Awning Clam | |
Nuculopsis anadontoides nut clam
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam | |
"Culunana bellistriata n. gen." = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Culunana bellistriata n. gen." = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
Culunana attenuata pointed nut clam | |
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912 clam | |
Paleyoldia glabra n. gen.
Paleyoldia glabra n. gen. Beede and Rogers 1898 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Patellilabia ? tentoriolum, Cymatospira montfortianus, "Bellerophon crassus" = Waagenella crassus, Pharkidonotus percarinatus
Patellilabia ? tentoriolum Knight 1945 snail
Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail | |
Euphemites vittatus McChesney 1859 snail | |
Meekospira aff. percuta snail
Girtyspira minuta Stevens 1858 snail | |
Pseudozygopleura cf. girtyi Knight 1930 snail | |
Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail | |
Strobeus paludinaeformis, "Strobeus primigenius" = Strobeus primogenius
Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
"Strobeus primigenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail | |
Glabrocingulum ornatum snail
Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
Worthenia castlemanensis n. sp.
Worthenia castlemanensis n. sp. Lintz 1958 snail | |
Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea ? missouriensis Shumard 1858 | |
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita ? ovata Mather 1915 | |
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Neospirifer ? dunbari King 1933 | |
Strophomenata | |
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 | |
"? Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"? Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
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Stenolaemata | |
Ostracoda | |
Sansabella sp. ostracod | |
Cavellina spp. Coryell 1928 ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926 ostracod | |
Crinoidea | |
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Anthozoa | |
"Stereostylus profundus" = Lophophyllidium
"Stereostylus profundus" = Lophophyllidium horn coral |