Vel-14. The abandoned borrow pit, west of the deep road cut and north of U.S. 50: Desmoinesian, Ohio

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Hoare et al. 1978 1 individual
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge scitula (Meek and Worthen 1865)
1 individual
Sevillia trinucleata (Herrick 1887)
3 individuals
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Ohio County:Vinton
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.7° South, 21.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Geological group:Allegheny Formation:Zaleski Member:Zaleski
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: Flint
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:OSU
Taxonomic list comments:Specimens collected from the exposed flint unit
Metadata
Also known as:Was: Elk Township, Zaleski Unit, Vinton
Database number:72007
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-21 04:35:27 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-21 04:35:27
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24316.1% 6360D. 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:

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]