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Llewellyn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA

Formation	Llewellyn
Member(s)	Buck Mt. #5 coal
Age:	323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Pennsylvanian
Lithology	shale, coal/sandstone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	12

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Southern Anthracite Field	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA	Llewellyn
Ellengowan Shaft	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA	Llewellyn
St. Clair-Mahanoy City Road	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA	Llewellyn - Buck Mt. #5 coal
St. Clair-Mahanoy City Road	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA	Llewellyn - Buck Mt. #5 coal

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Llewellyn - Buck Mt. #5 coal	315 - 311 Ma Carboniferous	shale	3

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Alethopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pachytestaceae : *Alethopteris*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Cordaites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Cordaitaceae : *Cordaites*	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Caloneurodea order	4	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Caloneurodea	314.6 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous
Amboneura klosei species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Caloneurodea : Caloneuridae : Amboneura : *Amboneura klosei*	314.6 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous
Solutotherates analis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Meganisoptera : Kohlwaldiidae : Solutotherates : *Solutotherates analis*	314.6 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous
Tetrapoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Austrobrachyops : Tetrapoda	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Lycopsida class	3	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous
Sphenopsida class	3	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Sphenopsida	323.2 - 298.9 Ma Carboniferous

References

Mason W. D. On the batrachian foot tracks from the Ellengowan Shaft, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17, 716-719

Scheihing M. H., Pfefferkorn H. W. (1980) Morphological variation in Alethopteris (Pteridosperms, Carboniferous) from St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA, Palaeontographica Abteilung B 172, 1-9

Carpenter F. M. (1980) Studies on North American Carboniferous insects. 6. Upper Carboniferous insects from Pennsylvania, Psyche 87, 107-119

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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