Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur: Desmoinesian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Pseudoconocardium parrishi
Hoare et al. 1978
    = Pseudobigalea crista Hoare et al. 1982
Hoare et al. 2002
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Pseudoconocardium missouriensis (Girty 1915)
Hoare et al. 1978
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) sinuosior Knight 1930
Hoare and Sturgeon 1985
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira turbiniformis (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge scitula (Meek and Worthen 1865)
Brezinski et al. 1989 5 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Vinton
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 82.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.7° South, 20.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4-5
Key time interval: Desmoinesian
Age range of interval: 312.7 - 305.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Allegheny Formation:Vanport Member:Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Was: Richland Township, Vanport Unit, Vinton. =“Unnumbered locality, Richland Township, Vinton County” of Sturgeon 1964a
Database number:72009
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-21 04:48:29 Last modified:2008-03-06 12:48:38
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-21 04:48:29
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]

Secondary references:

243161% 6360D. K. Brezinski, M. T. Sturgeon, and R. D. Hoare. 1989. Pennsylvanian trilobites of Ohio. Report of Investigations 142:1-18 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
16007 R. D. Hoare, R. H. Mapes, and C.J. Brown. 1982. Some Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rostroconchs from the midcontinent region. Journal of Paleontology 56(1):123-131 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
10957 R. D. Hoare, R. H. Mapes, and T.E. Yancey. 2002. Structure, taxonomy, and epifauna of Pennsylvanian rostroconchs (Mollusca). Journal of Paleontology Memoir 58:1-30 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16010 R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and E.A. Kindt. 1978. New Pennsylvanian bivalves and occurrences of Pseudoconocardium from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1023-1036 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16000 R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1980. The Pennsylvanian pseudozygopleurid gastropod genus Gamizyga n. gen. from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 54(1):159-187 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]
16004 R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1985. The Pennsylvanian gastropod Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) from the Appalachian Basin: II. Journal of Paleontology 59(1):60-78 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]