PBDB Collection

Mc-1. Vanport Ls. Abandoned strip mine, north side of Route 224: Desmoinesian, Ohio

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae

	Goniasma cf. lasallensis (Worthen 1890)		1 specimen
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus (Norwood and Pratten 1855)		8 specimens

	Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) percarinatus (Conrad 1842)		3 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

	Euphemites multiliratus Sturgeon 1964		1 specimen
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

	Straparollus (Amphiscapha) catilloides (Conrad 1842)		2 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

	Trepospira (Trepospira) illinoisensis (Worthen 1884)		101 specimens

	Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) cf. wannense (Newell 1935)		18 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

	Phymatopleura nodosa (Girty 1912)		2 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae

	Shansiella carbonaria (Norwood and Pratten 1855)		3 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

	Ianthinopsis paludinaeformis (Hall 1858)		6 specimens

	Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866		1 specimen
	= Strobeus immanis Kues and Batten 2001	Kues and Batten 2001
	p. 86

	Ianthinopsis regularis (Cox 1857)		8 specimens
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

	Platyceras (Orthonychia) parvum (Shumard and Swallow 1858)		1 specimen
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Ohio	County:	Mahoning
Coordinates:	41.0° North, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	8.5° 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: uE. 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

Also known as:	2.5 miles west of Canfield.
Database number:	64913
Authorizer:	P. Wagner	Enterer:	P. Wagner
Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2006-09-17 18:16:06	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-09-17 18:16:05
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]

Secondary references:

12412

B. S. Kues and R. L. Batten. 2001. Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75(1, supp):1-95 [N. Heim/N. Heim/P. Wagner]