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Monongahela - Pittsburgh, USA

GroupMonongahela
FormationPittsburgh
Member(s)Limestone B
Monongahela "B" freshwater Limestone
Age:304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalGzhelian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
I-70 Roadcut half mile East of Elm GroveOhio County, West Virginia, USAMonongahela - Pittsburgh - Limestone B
Kennard PlaygroundAllegheny County, Pennsylvania, USAMonongahela - Pittsburgh
Elm GroveOhio County, West Virginia, USAMonongahela - Pittsburgh - Monongahela "B" freshwater Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Monongahela - Pittsburgh - Limestone B303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
1
Monongahela - Pittsburgh - Monongahela "B" freshwater Limestone303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
limestone5

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Barbclabornia luedersensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Bransonelliformes : Barbclabornia : Barbclabornia luedersensis303.7 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachydectes newberryi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Cocytinidae : Brachydectes : Brachydectes newberryi303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Edaphosaurus colohistion
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosauridae : Edaphosaurus : Edaphosaurus colohistion303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Lysorophus dunkardensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Lysorophia : Lysorophus : Lysorophus dunkardensis303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Diploceraspis burkei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diploceraspis : Diploceraspis burkei303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Edops sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Edopidae : Edops303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Berman D. S. (1979) Edaphosaurus (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from the Lower Permian of Northeastern United States, with description of a new species, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 48 11, 185-202
Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216
Johnson G. D. (2003) Dentitions of Barbclabornia (new genus, Chondrichthyes: Xenacanthiformes) from the Upper Palaeozoic of North America, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 6, 125-160
Kissel R. (2010) Morphology, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Diadectidae (Cotylosauria: Diadectomorpha), University of Toronto
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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