Inner epineritic community, Mahantango Fm. (Chaneyville Mbr.) (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Bedford County, Pennsylvania (40.1° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° S, 26.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Chaneysville Member (Mahantango Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; silty sandstone

• "graywackes w/much micaceous matrix, sltst, ss, evenly bedded. offshore from Montebello env., quieter, further from clastic source. BA2-3"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Ellison. 1965. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Mahantango Formation in south-central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geological Survey Bulletin G48 1-298 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 670: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ellison, 1965. Three members listed in the appendix [of this reference] are considered representative of this environment. I am only compiling info for one of them, the Chaneyville (others are similar)." This reference listed abundance in terms of "number of horizons found within" which has been omitted in the taxonomic list for this locality.
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Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
auloporoid corals
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp.
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma sp.
Stereolasma sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid columnals
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata -
Cystoporata indet.
Cystoporata indet. Astrova 1964
fistuliporoids
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris sp.
Delthyris sp. Dalman 1828
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Fimbrispirifer sp.
Fimbrispirifer sp. Cooper 1942
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp., Mucrospirifer sp.
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Elytha sp." = Elita
"Elytha sp." = Elita
 Spiriferida -
Pustulatia sp.
Pustulatia sp. Cooper 1956
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia sp., Mediospirifer sp.
Spinocyrtia sp.
2 species
Mediospirifer sp.
3 species
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp.
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
2 species
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
  - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp.
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
2 species
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina sp., Devonochonetes sp., Retichonetes sp.
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
3 species
Retichonetes sp.
2 species
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Glyptodesma sp., Cornellites sp., "Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria), Actinopteria sp.
Glyptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Cornellites sp. Williams 1908 oyster
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp.
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp., Modiomorpha sp.
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
cf. Protomya sp.
cf. Protomya sp. clam
originally entered as "cf. Protomya sp."
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
6 species
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
5 species
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthoceratoidea -
Orthocerida indet.
Orthocerida indet. Kuhn 1940
orthocerid, more than one species? ('spp.')
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
gastropod, more than one species? ('spp.')
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Crenistriella sp.
Crenistriella sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Ptomatis sp.
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Naticonema sp., Platyceras sp.
Naticonema sp. Perner 1903 snail
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
2 species
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp.
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Bembexia sp.
Bembexia sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
2 species
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp.
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp.
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops sp.
Greenops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus sp.
Trimerus sp. Green 1832 trilobite