East Providence: Westphalian C - Westphalian D, Rhode Island

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera
Heolus providentiae n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Paoliida - Blattinopsidae
Microblattina perdita n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1895
Scudder 1895 1 specimen
Coll lacoe 2092a (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Etoblattina latebricola n. sp. Scudder 1895
Scudder 1895 1 specimen
Coll Lacoe 2091 ab (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 71.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.4° South, 11.8° 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: Allegheny or Connemaugh series (probably Allegheny), equivalent to upper Westphalian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Narragansett rift basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:114462
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-15 02:42:28 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-15 02:42:28
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:

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]
40799 S. H. Scudder. 1895. Revision of the American fossil cockroaches with descriptions of new forms. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 124:1-176 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]