Where: Pennsylvania (40.9° N, 76.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 14.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Llewellyn Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
• Underclay of unnamed anthracite, 85 feet above Mammoth anthracite. Mammoth seam is in the lower part of the Llewellyn Formation, which is Westphalian D.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by William F. Klose II
• Specimens at William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg
Primary reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1980. Studies on North American Carboniferous insects. 6. Upper Carboniferous insects from Pennsylvania. Psyche 87:107-119 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122503: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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