Vel-6. 30 cm below limestone, in ditch along country road, ~3 km NW McArthur (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Vinton County, Ohio (39.3° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° S, 21.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fusulinella foram zone, Lower Mercer Shale Member (Pottsville Formation), Atokan (318.6 - 312.8 Ma)

• Upper Atokan

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU

Primary reference: P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128862: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Microptychis expetendus1, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) scitula" = Pseudozygopleura scitula2
Microptychis expetendus1 Hoare and Sturgeon 1981 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) scitula" = Pseudozygopleura scitula2 Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites (Retispira) fascireticulatus" = Retispira fascireticulatus3
"Knightites (Retispira) fascireticulatus" = Retispira fascireticulatus3 Hoare et al. 1997 snail
1Hoare and Sturgeon 1981; 2Hoare and Sturgeon 1985; 3Hoare et al. 1997