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: Pottsville Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
• Near bottom of interconglomerate. Possibly from 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. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122573: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Archimylacris parallelum" = Plagioblatta parallela
"Archimylacris parallelum" = Plagioblatta parallela Scudder 1879 cockroach |