Lorberry gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Pennsylvania (40.6° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 15.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian C to Westphalian C (314.6 - 307.5 Ma)

• Lower Anthracite series, horizon undetermined

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Appalachian foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 125764: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 22.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Idiomylacris gracilis n. gen. n. sp., "Orthomylacris pennsylvanica n. sp." = Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, "Orthomylacris rugulosa n. sp." = Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, "Orthomylacris elongata n. sp." = Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, "Neomylacris pulla n. sp." = Neomylacris pulla, "? Neomylacris paucinervis n. sp." = Neomylacris pulla, Anomomylacris cubitalis n. gen. n. sp., ? Mylacris dubia n. sp., Hemimylacris ramificata n. sp.
Idiomylacris gracilis n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 38793
"Orthomylacris pennsylvanica n. sp." = Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Handlirsch 1920 cockroach
USNM 38748
"Orthomylacris rugulosa n. sp." = Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Handlirsch 1920 cockroach
USNM 38791
"Orthomylacris elongata n. sp." = Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Handlirsch 1920 cockroach
USNM 25687
"Neomylacris pulla n. sp." = Neomylacris pulla Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 25476, 38794
"? Neomylacris paucinervis n. sp." = Neomylacris pulla Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 38789
Anomomylacris cubitalis n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 38747
? Mylacris dubia n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 38746
Hemimylacris ramificata n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 38713
 Dicondylia - Pteridomylacridae
Pteridomylacris paradoxa n. gen. n. sp.
Pteridomylacris paradoxa n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
USNM 38733