Campbells Ledge, near bottom of interconglomerate (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

• Appalachian foreland basin

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

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
"Archimylacris parallelum" = Plagioblatta parallela
"Archimylacris parallelum" = Plagioblatta parallela Scudder 1879 cockroach