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
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 | |
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium meekanum" = Minodentalium meekianum
"Dentalium meekanum" = Minodentalium meekianum Geinitz 1866 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni
"Yoldia carbonaria" = Palaeoneilo oweni McChesney 1859 clam | |
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi
"Nucula ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam | |
Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop | |
Schizodus cuneatus Meek 1875 clam | |
Astartella vera Hall 1858 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius, "Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus
"Sphaerodoma primogenia" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Bulimorpha nitidula" = Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail | |
Worthenia tabulata Conrad 1835 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria
"Pleurotomaria carbonaria" = Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail | |
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 | |
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail | |
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail | |
"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 | |
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense McChesney 1859 | |
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus
"Goniatites lunatus" = Beyrichoceratoides lunatus Miller and Gurley 1896 ammonite | |
"Cyrtoceras curtum" = Brachycycloceras curtum
"Cyrtoceras curtum" = Brachycycloceras curtum Meek and Worthen 1860 | |
"Solenocheilus collectus" = Solenochilus collectum
"Solenocheilus collectus" = Solenochilus collectum Meek and Worthen 1870 | |
Temnocheilus crassus Hyatt 1891 | |
Lingulata | |
""Lingula" umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria
""Lingula" umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis Meek 1872 | |
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852 | |
Derbya robusta, "Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
Derbya robusta Hall 1858
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 | |
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836 | |
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853 chimaera |