Mmu-1. Abandoned strip mines, 4 miles south of Dresden: Desmoinesian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) labioreflexus n. sp. Sturgeon 1964
30 specimens
recombined as Pharkidonotus labioreflexus
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Girtyspira minuta (Stevens 1858)
20 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis paludinaeformis (Hall 1858)
4 specimens
recombined as Strobeus paludinaeformis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Abylea minuta n. gen., n. sp. Sturgeon 1964
12 specimens
Trepospira (Trepospira) illinoisensis (Worthen 1884)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Mahoning
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 82.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° South, 19.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
Key time interval:Desmoinesian
Age range of interval:312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Allegheny Member:Washingtonville
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: eU. Desmoinesian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:OSU,USNM
Metadata
Database number:64932
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-17 18:47:46 Last modified:2006-09-17 21:47:46
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-17 18:47:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16370. M. T. Sturgeon. 1964. Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio: Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 38(2):189-226 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Seuss]