Vel-2. The abandoned strip mine SW¼, Sec. 26, Elk Township (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

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