Vel-15. The abandoned J. A. Crow strip mine, south side of U.S. 50 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Vinton County, Ohio (39.2° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 20.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shale Member (Putnam Hill Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and E.A. Kindt. 1978. New Pennsylvanian bivalves and occurrences of Pseudoconocardium from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1023-1036 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79388: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten appalachianus Hoare et al. 1978 scallop