Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Preston County, West Virginia (39.3° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° S, 16.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Idiognathodus simulator conodont zone, Ames Member (Glenshaw Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Was Shale member of Ames formation within Conemaugh grop.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• nodular limestones and 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 79391: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

• from the weathered shale mass in bottom of the pit
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Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Unklesbayella geinitzi
Unklesbayella geinitzi Meek 1867 clam
Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Hemizyga (Hyphantozyga) fenestrata n. sp.1, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) inornata" = Levizygopleura inornata4, "Gamizyga (Plocezyga) obscura n. sp." = Plocezyga obscura1, "Gamizyga (Plocezyga) acuminata" = Plocezyga acuminata1, "Gamizyga (Plocezyga) subquadrata n. sp." = Plocezyga subquadrata1, "Gamizyga (Plocezyga) turbinata" = Plocezyga turbinata1, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) scitula" = Pseudozygopleura scitula3, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pandus" = Pseudozygopleura pandus2, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) cf. schucherti" = Pseudozygopleura schucherti3, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga" = Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga3, "Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) cf. multicostata" = Pseudozygopleura multicostata3
Hemizyga (Hyphantozyga) fenestrata n. sp.1 Hoare and Sturgeon 1980 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) inornata" = Levizygopleura inornata4 Knight 1930 snail
"Gamizyga (Plocezyga) obscura n. sp." = Plocezyga obscura1 Hoare and Sturgeon 1980 snail
"Gamizyga (Plocezyga) acuminata" = Plocezyga acuminata1 Hoare and Sturgeon 1980 snail
"Gamizyga (Plocezyga) subquadrata n. sp." = Plocezyga subquadrata1 Hoare and Sturgeon 1980 snail
"Gamizyga (Plocezyga) turbinata" = Plocezyga turbinata1 Hoare and Sturgeon 1980 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) scitula" = Pseudozygopleura scitula3 Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pandus" = Pseudozygopleura pandus2 Hoare and Sturgeon 1981 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) cf. schucherti" = Pseudozygopleura schucherti3 Knight 1930 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga" = Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga3 Knight 1930 snail
"Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) cf. multicostata" = Pseudozygopleura multicostata3 Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) venustus" = Leptozyga venustus2
"Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) venustus" = Leptozyga venustus2 Hoare and Sturgeon 1981 snail
1Hoare and Sturgeon 1980; 2Hoare and Sturgeon 1981; 3Hoare and Sturgeon 1985; 4Kulas and Batten 1997