Where: Pennsylvania (41.3° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° S, 14.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Llewellyn Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
• Over the E vein and probably over the F vein. E vein (Lower Pittston Coal, Baltimore seam, Bennett, Big, or Grassy seam) and F coal (Lower Lance, Five Foot, Forge, or Rock seam) are in the lower Llewellyn Formation, of Westphalian D age (Edmunds et al., 1979).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by R.D. Lacoe
• Either found or purchased by Mr. Lacoe
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. Note on the wing of a cockroach from the Carboniferous formation of Pittston, Penn. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 19:238-239 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122525: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sphenomylacris singularis n. sp.1, "Lithomylacris angustum n. sp." = Mylacris angusta2, "Orthomylacris truncatula n. sp." = Mylacris truncatula1, Orthomylacris analis n. sp.1, "Phthinomylacris cordiformis n. sp." = Orthomylacris cordiformis1, "Lithomylacris panperata n. sp." = Orthomylacris pauperata3, "Lithomylacris pittstonianum n. sp." = Orthomylacris pittstoniana2, Phthinomylacris medialis n. sp.1, Neomylacris major n. sp.1
"Phthinomylacris cordiformis n. sp." = Orthomylacris cordiformis1 Handlirsch 1906 cockroach USNM 38770
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"Blattina fascigera n. sp." = Aphthoroblattina fascigera Scudder 1878 cockroach | |