Cut on railroad 1/2 mile east of station, Donohue (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Pennsylvania (40.4° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 16.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Brush Creek Shale Member (Glenshaw Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• JA: originally entered as Pennsylvanian, but the Brush Creek Shale is generally recognized as Missourian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and limestone

• Both limestone and shale, the limestone usually thin and impure, the shale fine-grained and black. Fossils are usually abundant an, in the shale, well-preserved.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CM

Primary reference: P. E. Raymond. 1911. A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania. Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7:83-98 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184103: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.02.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium meekanum" = Minodentalium meekianum
"Dentalium meekanum" = Minodentalium meekianum Geinitz 1866 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni McChesney 1859 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
 Nuculida - Nucularcidae
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cuneatus Meek 1875 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius, "Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira illinoisensis, "Pleurotomaria perhumerosa" = Hypselentoma perhumerosa, "Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
"Pleurotomaria perhumerosa" = Hypselentoma perhumerosa Meek 1872 snail
"Phanerotrema grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus, "Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus, "Bucanopsis marcouana" = Retispira marcouianus
"Bellerophon percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
"Patellostium montfortianum" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Bucanopsis marcouana" = Retispira marcouianus Geinitz 1866 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense McChesney 1859
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus Miller and Gurley 1896 ammonite
 Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
"Cyrtoceras curtum" = Brachycycloceras curtum
"Cyrtoceras curtum" = Brachycycloceras curtum Meek and Worthen 1860
 Nautilida - Solenochilidae
"Solenocheilus collectus" = Solenochilus collectum
"Solenocheilus collectus" = Solenochilus collectum Meek and Worthen 1870
 Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
""Lingula" umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria
""Lingula" umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis Meek 1872
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbya robusta, "Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
Derbya robusta Hall 1858
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853 chimaera