Quarry in north part of Kittanning: Desmoinesian, Pennsylvania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira bicarinata (McChesney 1859)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Pennsylvania County:Armstrong
Coordinates: 40.8° North, 79.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.1° South, 18.3° 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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Allegheny Formation:Vanport
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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:184100
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-01-31 22:21:53 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-01-31 22:21:53
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]