Caldwell's Clay Mine, Big Savage Mt.: Moscovian, Maryland
collected by H. Bassler

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Gyroblattidae
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Notoptera - Adeloblattidae
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 79.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.3° South, 19.1° West (Wright 2013)
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: 315.2 - 307 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Allegheny Member:Mt Savage Fire Clay Horizon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
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:124498
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-16 18:12:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-16 18:12:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]