Furnace Hollow near mouth of Labor Creek (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: West Virginia (38.3° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° S, 21.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Allegheny Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Appalachian foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M.R. Campbell, W.C. Mendenhall; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125756: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Oxynoblatta alutacea n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 35381