PBDB Collection

Cer-3. Vanport Ls. Exposure along Middle Run, north of Rte. 145: Desmoinesian, Ohio

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

	Girtyspira minuta (Stevens 1858)	2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)	7 specimens

	Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus (Conrad 1842)	13 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

	Donaldina robusta (Stevens 1858)	3 specimens

	Donaldina stevensana (Meek and Worthen 1866)	17 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

	Straparollus (Amphiscapha) reedsi (Knight 1934)	10 specimens

	Straparollus (Amphiscapha) reedsi (Knight 1934)	10 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

	Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) cf. wannense (Newell 1935)	74 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae

	Shansiella beckwithana (McChesney 1859)	1 specimen
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

	Ianthinopsis regularis (Cox 1857)	1 specimen
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Ohio	County:	Columbiana
Coordinates:	40.8° North, 80.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	8.8° South, 19.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit
Geographic resolution:	small collection

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

Formation:	Allegheny	Member:	Vanport
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Lower Desmoinesian

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"limestone"
Environment:	carbonate indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	OSU,USNM

Metadata

Database number:	64888
Authorizer:	P. Wagner	Enterer:	P. Wagner
Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2006-09-17 17:23:14	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-09-17 17:23:13
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

16370.

M. T. Sturgeon. 1964. Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio: Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 38(2):189-226 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Seuss]