unit 11, Montebello Member, Mahantango Fm., Dromgold, PA (Devonian of the United States)
Where: Pennsylvania (40.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 25.5° W)
When: Montebello Member (Mahantango Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; graded, gray sandstone
• sandstone, fine-grained, medium to light gray, crossbedded in 1-4 foot beds, grades upward into a coarse-grained sandstone
Primary reference: R. L. Ellison. 1965. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Mahantango Formation in south-central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geological Survey Bulletin G48 1-298 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 9705: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.01.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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• Relative abundance info: present (1 specimen collected), common (2-10 specimens collected), abundant (more than 10 specimens collected), very abundant (sample extremely rich in a given species)
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