Limestone quarries on hills west of Wampum: Desmoinesian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Productida
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Productus nanus
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Productus punctatus
(Martin 1809)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Productus semireticulatus
(Martin 1809)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Spirifer cameratus
Morton 1836
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Beecheriidae
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Dielasma bovidens
(Morton 1836)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Septoporidae
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Thamniscus sevillensis
(Ulrich 1890)
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis torta
(Meek 1872)
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Euconospira bicarinata
(McChesney 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limipectinidae
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Acanthopecten carboniferous
(Stevens 1858)
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Tainoceratidae
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Metacoceras sangamonensis
(Meek and Worthen 1860)
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Liroceratidae
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Endolobus missouriensis
(Swallow 1858)
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathopsidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Beaver |
| Coordinates: | 40.9° North, 80.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.8° South, 18.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.8 - 306 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 184081 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-01-30 20:29:28 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-01-30 20:29:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16276. | P. E. Raymond. 1911. A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania. Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7:83-98 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |