Benson's Clay Mine, Big Savage Mt.: Moscovian, Maryland
collected by H. Bassler
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Cheliphlebiidae
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? Cheliphlebia argillacea n. sp.
Cockerell 1927
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Cockerell 1927 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Protorthoptera
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Melanoblattula nigrescens n. gen., n. sp.
Cockerell 1927
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Cockerell 1927 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Cnemidolestodea
- Spanioderidae
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? Spaniodera simplex n. sp.
Cockerell 1927
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Cockerell 1927 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Cnemidolestodea
- Cnemidolestidae
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Narkema alternatum n. sp.
Cockerell 1924
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Gyroblattidae
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Pachyblatta convexa n. gen., n. sp.
Cockerell 1918
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Cockerell 1927 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Spiloblattinidae
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Olethroblatta lineolata n. sp.
Cockerell 1927
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Cockerell 1927 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Ambloblattidae
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Ambloblatta bassleri n. gen., n. sp.
Cockerell 1927
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Cockerell 1927 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 79.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.7° South, 18.1° 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: | Moscovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 315.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Allegheny | Member: | Mt Savage Fire Clay Horizon |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: Appalachian foreland basin | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | H. Bassler |
| Collection method comments: "The whole collection is the property of the Maryland Geological Survey." Cockerell, 1927 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124496 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-02-16 18:01:27 | Last modified: | 2014-08-22 12:57:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-16 18:01:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5049. | ETE 761 | T. D. A. Cockerell. 1924. Fossil Insects. Entomological News 35:28-30 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 40173 | T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. The Carboniferous Insects of Maryland. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 19:385-416 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] |