Unit 9, Montebello Member, Mahantango Fm., Marysville, Perry Co., PA: Givetian, Pennsylvania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
very abundant (columnals at base of unit)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia perplana (Conrad 1839)
abundant
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
very abundant
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Mediospirifer sp.
common
Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus carinatus (Conrad 1839)
common
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Camarotoechia ? congregata (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Cupularostrum congregata
very abundant
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Glyptodesma ? erectum
present
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
common
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Pennsylvania County:Perry
Coordinates: 40.3° North, 76.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.3° South, 25.3° West
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*Local age/stage:Erian
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Hamilton Formation:Mahantango Member:Montebello
Local section:Marysville Local bed:unit 9
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",gray argillaceous sandstone
Lithology description: sandstone, fine-grained, medium gray, in 1-2 foot and 4-5 foot crossbeds; sandstone, argillaceous, medium gray, 2-3 inch regular to undulose beds
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Relative abundance information: present (one specimen collected), common (2-10 specimens collected), abundant (more than 10 specimens collected), very abundant (sample extremely rich in a given species)
Metadata
Database number:9667
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-01-10 12:01:00 Last modified:2001-08-30 17:52:51
Access level:the public Released:2001-01-10 12:01:00
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]