Abandoned shale pit, intersection of US 11-15 & Penn. 104, Perry Co., PA: Givetian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polyplacophora
- Choriplacidae
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Plasiochiton curiosus n. gen., n. sp.
Hoare 2000
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 77.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° South, 25.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Givetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 387.7 - 382.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mahantango | Member: | Sherman Ridge | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Given as Erian stage | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: Not given | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 50947 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-25 09:17:33 | Last modified: | 2005-05-25 12:17:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-25 09:17:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13607. | R. D. Hoare. 2000. Considerations on Paleozoic Polyplacophora including the description of Palsiochiton curiosus n. gen. and sp. American Malacological Bulletin 15(2):131-137 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |