Fenner's ledge: Westphalian, Rhode Island
collected by F. P. Gorham & H. Scholfield
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Archimylacridae
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Etoblattina sp.
Scudder 1879
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1 individual | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Rhode Island |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 71.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.0° South, 12.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Westphalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 318.80000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "near the extreme western upturned edge of the Carboniferous in the plumbago mining district, and therefore probably older than the others." |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Narragansett rift basin | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | F. P. Gorham & H. Scholfield |
Metadata
| Database number: | 112703 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-07-16 03:27:36 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-16 03:27:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36689. | S. H. Scudder. 1893. Insect fauna of the Rhode Island coal field. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 101:1-21 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |