Unit 1 (13 ft. below top), upper shale member, Mahantango Fm., New Bloomfield, P: Givetian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Thamnoporoidea indet.
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| present | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| abundant (columnals) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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| present | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Palaeoneilo constricta
(Conrad 1842)
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| common [entered as Paleoneilo constricta] | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Devonochonetes coronatus
(Hall 1857)
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| common | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella vanuxemi
(Hall 1857)
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| present | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Elytha fimbriata
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| synonym of Elita | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa reticularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Anomia reticularis | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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| present | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea tullia
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| present | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| present | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella cf. emaciata
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| present | ||||||||||
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Fenestella cf. sinuosa
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| present | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Sulcoreteporidae
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Sulcoretepora cf. incisurata
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Taeniopora exigua
Nicholson 1887
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| common | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Schizodiscus capsa
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| present | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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Phacops rana
(Green 1832)
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| recombined as Eldredgeops rana | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 77.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° South, 25.5° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | Upper shale |
| Local section: | New Bloomfield | Local bed: | unit 1--13 ft. below top | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 13 feet below top of unit | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray claystone | ||
| Lithology description: claystone, micaceous, light to medium olive gray, chippy | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Relative abundance info: present (1 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: | 9886 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-01-30 08:48:20 | Last modified: | 2001-08-30 17:52:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-01-30 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] |