Brush Creek Shale, Garrett County: Missourian, Maryland
collected 1942, 1944

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Solenopsis solenoides
Paleonucula croneisi
Corvellites spp.
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Stereostylus profundus
synonym of Lophophyllidium
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
"columnals"
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
? Rhombopora cf. lepidendroides
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita ? ovata Mather 1915
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer ? dunbari King 1933
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
"Crurythyris planoconvexa"
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa (Meek and Hayden 1858)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
? Marginifera wabashensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Hystriculina wabashensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes granulifer Owen 1852
recombined as Neochonetes granulifer
n. var. semiaccanthus
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea ? missouriensis (Shumard 1858)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Serpulopsis insita
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense (McChesney 1859)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha catilloides (Conrad 1842)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites vittatus (McChesney 1859)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Pharkidonotus percarinatus (Conrad 1842)
Bellerophon crassus Meek and Worthen 1860
recombined as Waagenella crassus
var. wewokensis
Patellilabia ? tentoriolum Knight 1945
Cymatospira montfortianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum ornatum
Glabrocingulum grayvillense (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia castlemanensis n. sp. Lintz 1958
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus paludinaeformis (Hall 1858)
Strobeus primigenius (Conrad 1835)
recombined as Strobeus primogenius
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira aff. percuta
Girtyspira minuta (Stevens 1858)
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura cf. girtyi (Knight 1930)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina stevensana (Meek and Worthen 1866)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta annulistriata (Meek and Worthen 1870)
recombined as Plagioglypta annulostriata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria ? levicula Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella appalachiensis n. sp. Lintz 1958
synonym of Dunbarella striata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten spp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
? Acanthopecten armigerus
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Edmondia subtruncata Hall 1847
recombined as Cyrtodontula subtruncata
also E. subtruncata var. levis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella vera Hall 1858
Astartella concentrica (Conrad 1842)
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Prothyris singewaldi n. sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurophorus oblongus Meek and Hayden 1872
recombined as Permophorus oblongus
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Edmondia pseudoreflexa n. sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus curtus Meek and Worthen 1866
Schizodus wheeleri (Swallow 1863)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia n. gen. glabra (Beede and Rogers 1898)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Culunana n. gen. bellistriata (Stevens 1858)
recombined as Polidevcia bellistriata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Culunana attenuata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo taffiana Girty 1912
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis anadontoides
Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya trapezoides (Meek 1874)
original and current combination Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Sansabellidae
Sansabella sp.
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina spp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia sp. Roundy 1926
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County:Garrett
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 79.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° South, 16.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Missourian
Age range of interval:305.90000 - 303.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Conemaugh
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: there was "a maximum of twenty-two feet of fossiliferous material in one core hole, with an average of four feet of fossiliferous strata per core"
said to be Missourian, in agreement with other references
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "marine"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1942, 1944
Collection method comments: "specimens were obtained from cores of the U. S. Bureau of Mines-Maryland Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources cooperative core drilling programs of 1942 and 1944"
Metadata
Database number:118828
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-10-16 17:27:47 Last modified:2011-10-16 01:27:47
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-16 17:27:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31372. J., J.r. Lintz. 1958. The fauna of the Ames and Brush Creek shales of the Conemaugh Formation of western Maryland. Journal of Paleontology 32(1):97-112 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]