Norwich (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Muskingham County, Ohio (40.0° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 18.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Streptognathodus gracilis conodont zone, Portersville Member (Conemaugh Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU

Primary reference: W. M. Laird. 1937. The Portersville Member of the Conemaugh Formation in Muskingum County, Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science 37(3):141-146 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175101: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
 Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense
"Orthoceras rushense" = Protocycloceras rushense McChesney 1859
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Schizostoma catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Schizostoma catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa
"Ambocoelia planoconvexa" = Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana
"Chonetes verneuilanus" = Chonetinella verneuilana Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum
"Lophophyllum profundum" = Lophophyllidium profundum Milne-Edward and Haime 1851 horn coral