Inner epineritic community, Mahantango Fm. (Chaneyville Mbr.): Givetian, Pennsylvania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Greenops sp. Delo 1935
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus sp. Green 1832
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida
Orthocerida indet. Kuhn 1940
orthocerid, more than one species? ('spp.')
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
gastropod, more than one species? ('spp.')
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
2 species
Naticonema sp. Perner 1903
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Crenistriella sp. Knight 1945
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
2 species
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
6 species
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
5 species
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
Glyptodesma sp. Hall 1883
Leiopteria sp. Hall 1883
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Cornellites sp. Williams 1908
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
cf. Protomya sp.
originally entered as "cf. Protomya sp."
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia sp.
2 species
Mediospirifer sp.
3 species
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
2 species
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Pustulatia sp. Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elytha sp. Conrad
synonym of Elita
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Fimbrispirifer sp. Cooper 1942
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer sp. Grabau 1931
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
2 species
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp. Caster 1939
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Longispina sp.
Devonochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
3 species
Retichonetes sp.
2 species
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata
Cystoporata indet. Astrova 1964
fistuliporoids
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoretepora sp.
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
crinoid columnals
Anthozoa
Tabulata indet. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
auloporoid corals
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma sp. Simpson 1900
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Pennsylvania County:Bedford
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 77.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.4° South, 26.0° 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:Chaneysville
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: "graywackes w/much micaceous matrix, sltst, ss, evenly bedded. offshore from Montebello env., quieter, further from clastic source. BA2-3"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Ellison, 1965. Three members listed in the appendix [of this reference] are considered representative of this environment. I am only compiling info for one of them, the Chaneyville (others are similar)." This reference listed abundance in terms of "number of horizons found within" which has been omitted in the taxonomic list for this locality.
Metadata
Database number:670
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-04-06 18:29:57 Last modified:2020-01-13 23:09:22
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-06 18:29:57
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]