Along the abandoned right of way of the Wabash railroad, near Portersville (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as sec. 24, Bearfield Township

Where: Perry County, Ohio (39.7° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 18.7° 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)

• Lansing

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; nodular limestone

• "Limestone, in irregular nodules full of fossils"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical

Primary reference: M. T. Sturgeon. 1964. New descriptions of hitherto inadequately known Pennsylvanian gastropods. Journal of Paleontology 38(4):740-748 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69721: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
"Aclisina swallovana" = Royalella swallowiana, "Aclisina conditi n. sp." = Royalella swallowiana, "Aclisina robusta" = Donaldina robusta, "Aclisina pumila n. sp." = Donaldina robusta, "Aclisina stevensana" = Donaldina stevensana, "Aclisina formosa n. sp." = Donaldina stevensana
"Aclisina swallovana" = Royalella swallowiana Geinitz 1866 snail
"Aclisina conditi n. sp." = Royalella swallowiana Geinitz 1866 snail
"Aclisina robusta" = Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858 snail
"Aclisina pumila n. sp." = Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858 snail
"Aclisina stevensana" = Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
"Aclisina formosa n. sp." = Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus typicus, "Soleniscus brevis" = Strobeus brevis
Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Soleniscus brevis" = Strobeus brevis White 1881 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Worthenia beedei n. sp." = Glabrocingulum beedei
"Worthenia beedei n. sp." = Glabrocingulum beedei Mark 1912 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
"Bulimorpha minuta" = Girtyspira minuta
"Bulimorpha minuta" = Girtyspira minuta Stevens 1858 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema subtaeniatum
Orthonema subtaeniatum Geinitz 1866 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Loxonema scitulum" = Pseudozygopleura scitula, "? Aclisina costata n. sp." = Plocezyga costata, "? Aclisina ornata n. sp." = Plocezyga ornata, "? Aclisina cancellata n. sp." = Ploceozyga (Hyphantozyga) cancellata
"Loxonema scitulum" = Pseudozygopleura scitula Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"? Aclisina costata n. sp." = Plocezyga costata Mark 1912 snail
"? Aclisina ornata n. sp." = Plocezyga ornata Mark 1912 snail
"? Aclisina cancellata n. sp." = Ploceozyga (Hyphantozyga) cancellata Mark 1912 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
"Acanthopecten ohioensis n. sp." = Euchondria ohioensis
"Acanthopecten ohioensis n. sp." = Euchondria ohioensis Mark 1912 scallop