Stanton Park, Steubenville: Missourian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllum profundum (Milne-Edward and Haime 1851)
recombined as Lophophyllidium profundum
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira illinoisensis (Worthen 1884)
Phanerotrema grayvillensis (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Glabrocingulum grayvillense
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia speciosa (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Bulimorpha nitidula (Meek and Worthen 1860)
synonym of Soleniscus typicus
Sphaerodoma primogenium (Conrad 1835)
recombined as Strobeus primogenius
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus catilloides (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Amphiscapha catilloides
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemus carbonarius (Cox 1857)
recombined as Euphemites carbonarius
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon stevensanus (McChesney 1859)
recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) stevensianus
Bellerophon percarinatus Conrad 1842
recombined as Pharkidonotus percarinatus
Bucanopsis montfortiana (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
recombined as Cymatospira montfortianus
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Cardiomorpha missouriensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella varica McChesney 1860
Astartella vera Hall 1858
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus curtus Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Yoldia carbonaria (Meek 1871)
synonym of Palaeoneilo oweni
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ventricosa Hall 1858
replaced by Nuculopsis girtyi
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita (Hall 1852)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
recombined as Crurithyris planoconvexa
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbya crassa (Meek and Hayden 1858)
recombined as Derbyia crassa
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Productus nebraskensis (Owen 1852)
recombined as Parajuresania nebrascensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Jefferson
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 80.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° South, 17.5° 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
Geological group:Conemaugh Formation:Glenshaw Member:Brush Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified carbonaceous "shale"
Secondary lithology:black lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The limestone is here represented by a four-inch layer of black, structureless rock over which is a fossiliferous shale becoming less carbonaceous toward the top. Fossils are abundant in the limestone and in the lower two feet of shale.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:OSU
Metadata
Database number:174923
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-11-30 22:20:58 Last modified:2015-12-04 19:58:11
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-30 22:20:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16167. C. G. Mark. 1912. The fossils of the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio. Ohio Geological Survey Bulletin 17:261-318 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]