Salem Limestone - Bedford IN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: New York (38.9° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 32.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Salem Limestone Formation, Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Primary reference: R. L. Batten. 1984. The Calcitic Wall in the Paleozoic Families Euomphalidae and Platyceratidae (Archeogastropoda). Journal of Paleontology 58(5):1186-1192 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75141: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 24.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostris" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostris" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail