Interbedded Shales, Reynolds Limestone, new quarry, Greer Limestone Co. quarry (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Locality 2, stripping above new quarry face along the northeast side of West Virginia Rte. 7, northeast of Greer

Where: Monongalia County, West Virginia (39.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 14.7° S, 23.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Interbedded Shales Member (Reynolds Limestone Formation), Chesterian (335.5 - 323.2 Ma)

• See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
• Interbedded shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.W. Busanus

• Bowling Green University Collections

Primary reference: J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare. 1991. Bivalves (Mollusca) from the Mauch Chunk Group (Mississippian, Chesterian) of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 65(3):465-480 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92967: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.12.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten greerensis Busanus and Hoare 1991 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten batesvillensis Weller 1897 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus illinoisensis Worthen 1884 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus monroensis Worthen 1884 clam
Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata Busanus and Hoare 1991 clam
? Sedgwickia sp. McCoy 1844 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus depressus Worthen 1884 clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia levistriata Meek and Worthen 1860 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia rugodorsata Easton 1962 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam