Unit 1 (17 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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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| very abundant | ||||||||||
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Tentaculita
- Styliolinida
- Styliolinidae
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Styliolina bellistriata
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| common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Bembexia capillaria
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Dictyotomaria capillaria | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pterinopectinidae
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Pterinopecten (Pseudaviculopecten) princeps
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| present | ||||||||||
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Pterinopecten hermes
Hall 1884
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| present | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
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Pustulatia pustulosa
Hall 1860
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| common | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Mucrospirifer mucronatus
(Conrad 1841)
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Elytha fimbriata
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| synonym of Elita | ||||||||||
| common | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Ambocoelia umbonata
Conrad 1842
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| present | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Longispina mucronatus
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| present | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Araksalosiidae
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Truncalosia truncata
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| present | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella variabilis
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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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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella cf. emaciata
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| common | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Beyrichicopida
- Bolliidae
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Ulrichia spinifera
Coryell and Malkin 1936
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Hollinellidae
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Hollinella cf. sella
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| common | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Hibbardia lacrimosa
Kesling 1953
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| common | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Healdiidae
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Ponderodictya ? punctulifera
Kesling and Chilman 1978
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| present | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bufinidae
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Bufina bicornuta
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| present | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
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Octonaria bifurcata
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| present | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Schizodiscus capsa
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| present | ||||||||||
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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--17 ft. below top | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
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: | 9887 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-01-30 09:40:13 | 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] |