Limestone quarries on hills west of Wampum (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Beaver County, Pennsylvania (40.9° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 18.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vanport Formation (Allegheny Group), Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Raymond. 1911. A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania. Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7:83-98 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184081: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 30.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
"Campophyllum torquium" = Caninia torquia
"Campophyllum torquium" = Caninia torquia Owen 1852 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Productida -
"Productus nanus" = Desmoinesia nana
"Productus nanus" = Desmoinesia nana Meek and Worthen 1866
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita girtyi Raymond 1911
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferous Stevens 1858 scallop
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides
"Euomphalus catilloides" = Amphiscapha catilloides Conrad 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Euconospira bicarinata" = Euconospira turbiniformis
"Euconospira bicarinata" = Euconospira turbiniformis Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria spironema" = Globodoma spironema, "Porcellia peoriensis" = Ambozone peoriensis
"Pleurotomaria spironema" = Globodoma spironema Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
"Porcellia peoriensis" = Ambozone peoriensis Worthen 1884 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis torta" = Naticopsis tortum, "Strophostylus remex" = Naticopsis remex
"Naticopsis torta" = Naticopsis tortum Meek 1872 snail
"Strophostylus remex" = Naticopsis remex White 1876 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
"Metacoceras sangamonensis" = Metacoceras sangamonense
"Metacoceras sangamonensis" = Metacoceras sangamonense Meek and Worthen 1860 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
"Endolobus missouriensis" = Liroceras missouriensis
"Endolobus missouriensis" = Liroceras missouriensis Swallow 1858 nautiloid
[entered as Endobolus missouriensis]