Vs-3. Abandoned Central States Coal Co. strip mine, Merz Farm (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Vinton County, Ohio (40.1° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 20.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vanport Member (Allegheny Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• uE. Desmoinesian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU, USNM

Primary reference: M. T. Sturgeon. 1964. Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio: Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 38(2):189-226 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64951: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) cf. copei" = Taosia copei
"Stegocoelia (Taosia) cf. copei" = Taosia copei White 1881 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Goniasma cf. lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
"Goniasma cf. lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) reedsi" = Amphiscapha reedsi
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) reedsi" = Amphiscapha reedsi Knight 1934 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) cf. scitula" = Dictyotomaria scitula
"Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) cf. scitula" = Dictyotomaria scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Ianthinopsis paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis
"Ianthinopsis paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites enodis Sturgeon 1964 snail
Euphemites nodocarinatus Hall 1858 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Patellilabia sp., "Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus
Patellilabia sp. Knight 1945 snail
"Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus" = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
Trachydomia spp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail