Cannelton: Desmoinesian, Pennsylvania
collected by R. D. Lacoe
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Haplolepidae
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Microhaplolepis serrata
(Newberry 1856)
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Lowney 1980 | |||||||||
| USNM 4560 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Urocordylidae
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Ctenerpeton alveolatum n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1897
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Ctenerpeton remex | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Eobrachyopidae
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Tuditanus minimus n. sp.
Moodie 1909
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Moodie 1909 | |||||||||
| synonym of Isodectes obtusus | ||||||||||
| USNM 4555 (specimen on slab of slate) | ||||||||||
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Tuditanus sculptilis n. sp.
Moodie 1909
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Moodie 1909 | |||||||||
| synonym of Isodectes obtusus | ||||||||||
| University of Chicago Zoological Musuem No. 12315 (skull and fragmentary pectoral plates) | ||||||||||
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Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Coelacanthidae
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Coelacanthus sp.
Agassiz 1839
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| scales | ||||||||||
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Eurypterida
- Adelophthalmidae
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Adelophthalmus mansfieldi
(Hall 1877)
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Kjellesvig-Waering 1959 | |||||||||
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Eurypterida
- Mycteropidae
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Mycterops ordinatus
Cope 1886
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Cope 1886 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Ceraterpeton recticorne n. sp.
Cope 1874
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Eoserpeton tenuicorne | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Beaver |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 80.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.9° South, 18.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.70000 - 305.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Allegheny | Formation: | Upper Kittanning Coal | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Coal Measures" - Desmoinesian according to Berg et al. 1983, Stratigraphic Correlation Chart of Pennsylvania; Kjellesvig-Waering (1959) lists this as the Darlington coal of the Allegheny formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | R. D. Lacoe |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165526 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, J. Flannery-Sutherland, R. Plotnick, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Dunne, R. Plotnick, J. Flannery-Sutherland |
| Modifier: | R. Plotnick | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-21 16:10:28 | Last modified: | 2023-10-30 14:20:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-21 16:10:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28740. | E. D. Cope. 1897. On New Paleozoic Vertebrata from Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 36:71-91 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/E. Dunne] |
Secondary references:
| 81512 | E.D. Cope. 1886. An Interesting Connecting Genus of Chordata. The American Naturalist 20(12):1027-1031 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick] | |
| 81513 | C. E. Hall. 1877. Contribution to Paleontology from the Museum of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania . Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 16(99):621-622 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick] | |
| 81524 | E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1959. A taxonomic review of some late Paleozoic Eurypterida . Journal of Paleontology 33(2):251-256 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick] | |
| 82299 | K. A. Lowney. 1980. A Revision of the Family Haplolepidae (Actinopterygii, Paleonisciformes) from Linton, Ohio (Westphalian D, Pennsylvanian). Journal of Paleontology 54(5):942-953 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] | |
| 28743 | R. L. Moodie. 1909. A contribution to a monograph of the extinct Amphibia of North America. New forms from the Carboniferous. Journal of Geology 17(1):38-82 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano] | |
| 57795 | R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne] |