Where: Vinton County, Ohio (39.7° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 19.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Shale Member (Vanport Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)
• uE. Desmoinesian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the OSU, USNM
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 79390: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten appalachianus n. sp.
Aviculopecten appalachianus n. sp. Hoare et al. 1978 scallop |