Where: Crawford County, Pennsylvania (41.6° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 28.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tidioute Member (Cussewago Formation), Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)
• Tidioute member of the Cussewago stage of the Oil Lake Series (Mississippian) but the Cussewago is now placed in the uppermost Devonian
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, yellow sandstone
Primary reference: K.E. Caster. 1939. Siliceous Sponges from Mississippian and Devonian Strata of the Penn-York Embayment. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):1-20 [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76156: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 14.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Titusvillia drakei n. gen. n. sp.
Titusvillia drakei n. gen. n. sp. Caster 1939 glass sponge |