Also known as Pittston
Where: Pennsylvania (41.4° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° S, 14.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Llewellyn Formation, Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
• Near top of Pottsville, Upper Transition group. Possibly/likely in what would now be considered the lower Llewellyn Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by R.D. Lacoe; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Dictyoneura and the allied insects of the Carboniferous epoch. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20:167-173 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111045: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.06.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Palaeotherates pennsylvanicus n. sp.1
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"Haplophlebium longipennis n. sp." = Parahaplophlebium longipennis
"Haplophlebium longipennis n. sp." = Parahaplophlebium longipennis Scudder 1885 winged insect | |
"Titanophasma jucunda n. sp." = Titanodictya jucunda
"Titanophasma jucunda n. sp." = Titanodictya jucunda Scudder 1885 winged insect | |
"Dieconeura rigida n. gen. n. sp." = Dieconeurites rigidus2
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"Polyernus laminarum n. sp." = Pseudopolyernus laminarum2
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"Paolia lacoana n. sp." = Pseudopaolia lacoana
"Paolia lacoana n. sp." = Pseudopaolia lacoana Scudder 1885 winged insect |