Littoral community, Mahantango Fm. (Montebello Sandstone Mbr.): Givetian, Pennsylvania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus sp. Green 1832
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida
Orthocerida indet. Kuhn 1940
orthocerid
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leiopteria sp. Hall 1883
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
Cornellites sp. Williams 1908
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
? Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
originally entered as "? Ianthanopsis sp."
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Crenistriella sp. Knight 1945
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
more than one species? ('spp.')
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata
Cystoporata indet. Astrova 1964
fistuliporoid bryozoans
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Taeniopora sp.
Sulcoretepora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
2 species
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Subrensselandia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
3 species
Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia sp.
2 species
Mediospirifer sp.
6 species
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Paraspirifer sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Retichonetes sp.
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
3 species
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp. Caster 1939
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
crinoid columnals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Pennsylvania County:Perry
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 77.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.1° South, 25.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mahantango Member:Montebello Sandstone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples,tool marks sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: "well winnowed quartzites; siltstone, sandstone, congl., biostromes; x-bedding and scour and fill. shallow (marginal) high energy- continually shifting sands. BA1-2"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"R.L. Ellison, 1965. Strat and Paleo of the Mahantango Fm. in south-central PA. Penn. Geol. Surv. Bull. G48, 298pp." This reference listed abundances in terms of the "number of horizons found within" which has not been included in the taxonomic list for this locality.
Metadata
Database number:669
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-04-06 18:26:18 Last modified:2017-02-01 20:38:26
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-06 18:26:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
841. 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]