West End School, Punxsutawney (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (41.0° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 16.1° 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: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the CM

Primary reference: J. A. Harper and R. W. Morris. 1978. An new encrinasterid ophiuroid from the Conemaugh Group (Pennsylvanian) of Western Pennsylvania, and revision of the Encrinasteridae. Journal of Paleontology 52(1):155-163 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83720: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 27.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella striata Stevens 1858 scallop
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Ophiuroidea
  - Encrinasteridae
Armathyraster paradoxis Harper and Morris 1978 brittle star