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Allegheny - Upper Freeport Coal, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA

GroupAllegheny
Formation(s)Upper Kittanning Coal
Vanport
MemberUpper Freeport Coal
Age:311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalWestphalian D
Tectonic SettingForeland basin
Lithologycoal
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences44

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
LintonJefferson County, Ohio, USAAllegheny - Upper Freeport Coal

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Plagiascetus lateralis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Spirobolida : Plagiascetidae : Plagiascetus : Plagiascetus lateralis311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Xyloiulus bairdi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Spirobolida : Xyloiulidae : Xyloiulus : Xyloiulus bairdi311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Actinopterygii
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Oestocephalus amphiuminum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Oestocephalidae : Oestocephalus : Oestocephalus amphiuminum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Oestocephalus pectinatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Oestocephalidae : Oestocephalus : Oestocephalus pectinatus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Ophiderpeton amphiuminum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Ophiderpetontidae : Ophiderpeton : Ophiderpeton amphiuminum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Phlegethontia linearis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Phlegethontiidae : Phlegethontia : Phlegethontia linearis311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Phlegethontia longissima
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Phlegethontiidae : Phlegethontia : Phlegethontia longissima311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachydectes newberryi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Cocytinidae : Brachydectes : Brachydectes newberryi311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Pleuroptyx clavatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Cocytinidae : Pleuroptyx : Pleuroptyx clavatus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Archaeothyris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Ophiacodontidae : Archaeothyris311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Molgophis macrurus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Molgophidae : Molgophis : Molgophis macrurus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Odonterpeton triangulare
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Odonterpetontidae : Odonterpeton : Odonterpeton triangulare311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Tuditanus punctulatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Tuditanidae : Tuditanus : Tuditanus punctulatus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Loxomma lintonensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Baphetidae : Loxomma : Loxomma lintonensis311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Megalocephalus lineolatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Baphetidae : Megalocephalus : Megalocephalus lineolatus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Colosteus scutellatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Colosteidae : Colosteus : Colosteus scutellatus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Ichthyerpeton squamosum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Colosteidae : Ichthyerpeton : Ichthyerpeton squamosum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Diceratosaurus brevirostris
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diceratosaurus : Diceratosaurus brevirostris311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Eusauropleura digitata
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Gephyrostegidae : Eusauropleura : Eusauropleura digitata311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Ctenerpeton remex
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Urocordylidae : Ctenerpeton : Ctenerpeton remex311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Ptyonius marshii
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Urocordylidae : Ptyonius : Ptyonius marshii311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Pelycosauria
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Pelycosauria311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyrhinops lyelli
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Amphibamidae : Platyrhinops : Platyrhinops lyelli311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Anthracosaurus lancifer
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Anthracosauridae : Anthracosaurus : Anthracosaurus lancifer311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Adamanterpeton ohioensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Cochleosauridae : Adamanterpeton : Adamanterpeton ohioensis311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Macrerpeton huxleyi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Macrerpeton : Macrerpeton huxleyi311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Stegops newberryi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Stegops : Stegops newberryi311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Isodectes obtusus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eobrachyopidae : Isodectes : Isodectes obtusus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Leptophractus obsoletus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eogyrinidae : Leptophractus : Leptophractus obsoletus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Erpetosaurus radiatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Erpetosaurus : Erpetosaurus radiatus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Anthracodromeus longipes
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protorothyrididae : Anthracodromeus : Anthracodromeus longipes311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous

References

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Cope E. D. Supplement to the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America I. Catalogue of the Air Breathing Vertebrata from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 15 2, 261-278
Cope E. D. Supplement to the extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America. I. Catalogue of the air-breathing Vertebrata from the Coal-measures of Linton, Ohio, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 15, 261-278
Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 1-104
Cope E. D. On some new Batrachia and fishes from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 340-343
Cope E. D. A continuation of researches among the Batrachia of the Coal Measures of Ohio, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22, 573-578
Newberry J. S. Description of several new genera and species of fossil fishes from the Carboniferous strata of Ohio, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8, 96-100
Cope E. D. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia from the Coal Measures, Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio 2, 349-411
Cope E. D. On New Paleozoic Vertebrata from Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 36, 71-91
Cope E. D. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868, 208-221
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Moodie R. L. (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
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Carroll R. L. (1970) The Ancestry of Reptiles, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 257, 267-308
Reisz R. R. (1975) Pennsylvanian Pelycosaurs from Linton, Ohio and Nýany, Czechoslovakia, Journal of Paleontology 49 3, 522-527
Beaumont E. H. (1977) Cranial morphology of the Loxommatidae (Amphibia: Labyrinthodontia), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 280, 29-101 doi:10.1098/rstb.1977.0099
Zidek J., Baird D. (1978) Cercariomorphus Cope, 1885, identified as the aïstopod amphibian Ophiderpeton, Journal of Paleontology 52 3, 561-564
Gubin Y. M. (1980) [New Permian dissorophids of the Ural forelands]. In Russian, Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 3, 82-90
Milner A. R., Sequeira S. E. K. (1998) A cochleosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Linton, Ohio, U.S.A., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 122, 261-290 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02532.x
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