Fishing Creek gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont: Westphalian C - Westphalian D, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Caloneurodea
- Hapalopteridae
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Hapaloptera gracilis n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38731 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Spiloblattinidae
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Olethroblatta americana n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38720 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
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Blattoidea schucherti n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38740 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Mylacridae
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Chalepomylacris pulchra n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38723 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Brachymylacris rotundata n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38727 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Brachymylacris mixta n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Brachymylacris elongata | ||||||||||
| USNM 38736 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Goniomylacris pauper n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38728 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Stenomylacris elegans n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 38738; Mammoth Vein (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Gyroblattidae
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Phoberoblatta grandis n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Handlirsch 1906 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Progonoblattina clarkii | ||||||||||
| USNM 38756 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 76.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.4° South, 15.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Moscovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Westphalian C - Westphalian D | ||
| Age range of interval: | 314.60000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Anthracite series, horizon undetermined | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: Appalachian foreland basin | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 114456 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-08-14 15:13:51 | Last modified: | 2020-12-25 00:17:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-14 15:13:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37094. | A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 4983 | ETE 695 | F. M. Carpenter. 1965. Studies on North American Carboniferous Insects: 4. The Genera Metropator, Eubleptus, Hapaloptera & Hadentomum. Psyche 72(2):175-190 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik] |
| 35209 | A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |