Where: Pennsylvania (40.4° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 25.4° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper shale Member (Mahantango Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, silty, calcareous shale and siltstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
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 9925: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 01.02.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Cypricardella bellastriata" = Eodon bellastriatus
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"Loxonema delphicola" = Palaeozygopleura delphicola
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