PBDB Collection

Jmi-2. Small abandoned drift mine on N side of Buffler Run: Desmoinesian, Ohio

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Polyplacophora - Lepidopleuridae

	Pterochiton carbonarius (Stevens 1858)	Hoare et al. 1972	4 specimens
Polyplacophora - Leptochitonidae

	Pterochiton spatulatus Hoare et al. 1972	Hoare et al. 1972	200 specimens
Polyplacophora - Acutichitonidae

	Acutichiton pyrmidalus n. gen., n. sp. Hoare et al. 1972	Hoare et al. 1972	60 specimens

	Arcochiton raymondi n. gen., n. sp. Hoare and Sturgeon 1976	Hoare and Sturgeon 1976	20 specimens
Polyplacophora - Helminthochitonidae

	Helminthochiton simplex (Raymond 1910)	Hoare et al. 1972	35 specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

	Gamizyga (Hyphantozyga) knighti Hoare and Sturgeon 1980	Hoare and Sturgeon 1980

	Gamizyga (Plocezyga) conica Hoare and Sturgeon 1980	Hoare and Sturgeon 1980

	Gamizyga (Gamizyga) morningstarae Hoare and Sturgeon 1980	Hoare and Sturgeon 1980

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) informal n. sp. 2	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985
	= Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) inornata Knight 1930	Kulas and Batten 1997

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) funis (Knight 1930)	Hoare and Sturgeon 1981

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga Knight 1930	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pinquicula Hoare and Sturgeon 1985	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) cf. macra (Knight 1930)	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) eximia Hoare and Sturgeon 1985	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) semicostata (Meek 1871)	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985

	Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) cf. deloi Knight 1930	Hoare and Sturgeon 1985
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

	Donaldina robusta (Stevens 1858)	Anderson et al. 1990

	Donaldina quadroliratus Anderson et al. 1990	Anderson et al. 1990
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

	Unklesbayella geinitzi (Meek 1867)	Hoare et al. 1978
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

	Pseudobigalea crista Hoare et al. 1982	Hoare et al. 1982
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

	Ditomopyge scitula (Meek and Worthen 1865)		16 individuals
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Ohio	County:	Jackson
Coordinates:	39.1° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	9.8° South, 21.1° 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	Foram zone:	Wedekindellina
Age range of interval:	312.8 - 306 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Allegheny	Formation:	Vanport	Member:	Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 15 cm shale zone immediately above limestone.

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology:	lithified "shale"
Lithology description: The shale is black to dark gray and slightly calcareous.
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
Taxonomic list comments:Also present is an abundant fauna consisting of mesolobid and spiriferid brachiopods, nuculid bivalves, crinoids, pleurotomarid gastropods, nautiloids and wewokellid sponges.

Metadata

Also known as:	was: Buffer Run, Vanport Unit, Jackson
Database number:	71963
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling, P. Wagner	Enterer:	U. Merkel, P. Wagner
Modifier:	P. Wagner	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2007-05-18 04:59:50	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2007-05-18 04:59:50
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

24316.

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D. K. Brezinski, M. T. Sturgeon, and R. D. Hoare. 1989. Pennsylvanian trilobites of Ohio. Report of Investigations 142:1-18 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

16533		J. R. Anderson, R. D. Hoare, and M. T. Sturgeon. 1990. The Pennsylvanian gastropod Donaldina Knight of the Appalachian Basin. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):557-562 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]
16007		R. D. Hoare, R. H. Mapes, and C.J. Brown. 1982. Some Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rostroconchs from the midcontinent region. Journal of Paleontology 56(1):123-131 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
26599		R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and T.B. Hoare. 1972. Middle Pennsylvanian (Allegheny Group) Polyplacophora from Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 46(5):675-680 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
26252		R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1976. Arcochiton raymondi n. gen., n. sp. of polyplacophoran from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 50(5):841-845 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16010		R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and E.A. Kindt. 1978. New Pennsylvanian bivalves and occurrences of Pseudoconocardium from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1023-1036 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16000		R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1980. The Pennsylvanian pseudozygopleurid gastropod genus Gamizyga n. gen. from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 54(1):159-187 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]
16003		R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1981. The Pennsylvanian gastropod Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) from the Appalachian Basin. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):571-585 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16004		R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1985. The Pennsylvanian gastropod Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) from the Appalachian Basin: II. Journal of Paleontology 59(1):60-78 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16123		H. A. Kulas and R. L. Batten. 1997. Silicified gastropods from the Permian Phosphoria rock complex of Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 31(2):33-58 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]