Somerset Cut Limestone quarry, east side County Road 96, 2.1 km N County Rd 96 (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 19 of Hoare 1990.

Where: Perry County, Ohio (39.9° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° S, 26.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shale Layers Member (Maxville Limestone Formation), Chesterian to Chesterian (335.5 - 330.9 Ma)

• Visean half of the Chesterian; Goniatites zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and shale

• nodular limestone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the OSU

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 1990. Mississippian rostroconch molluscs from Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 64(5):725-732 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85363: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 16.12.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) ? chesterense" = Orthonychia chesterense1
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) ? chesterense" = Orthonychia chesterense1 Meek and Worthen 1867 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) genevievensis" = Naticopsis genevievensis1
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) genevievensis" = Naticopsis genevievensis1 Meek and Worthen 1867 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus planodorsatus1 Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia pandoraeformis2 Stevens 1858 clam
Polidevcia stevensiana2 Girty 1910 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cf. chesterensis2 Meek and Worthen 1860 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella clinata n. sp.2 Hoare 2007 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia andrewsi2 Whitfield 1882 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.2 de Koninck 1841 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella)2
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella)2 Newell 1942 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) rhysema n. sp.2 Hoare 2007 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten winchelli2 Meek 1875 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten lamellus n. sp.2 Hoare 2007 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp.2 Newell 1938 scallop
Streblopteria sp.2 McCoy 1851 scallop
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Edon oblonga2 Hall 1856 clam
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
"Bransonia hydei" = Hippocardia hydei
"Bransonia hydei" = Hippocardia hydei Hoare 1990