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Much Chunk - Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia, USA

GroupMuch Chunk
FormationHinton
Age:331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalSerpukhovian
Lithologyshale/sandstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences4

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Hinton DistrictSummers County, West Virginia, USAMuch Chunk - Hinton

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Greererpeton sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Colosteidae : Greererpeton330.9 - 323.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Crassigyrinus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Crassigyrinidae : Crassigyrinus330.9 - 323.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Doragnathus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Doragnathus330.9 - 323.2 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Godfrey S. J. (1988) Isolated tetrapod remains from the Carboniferous of West Virginia, Kirtlandia 43, 27-36
Panchen A. L., Smithson T. R. (1990) The pelvic girdle and hind limb of Crassigyrinus scoticus (Lydekker) from the Scottish Carboniferous and the origin of the tetrapod pelvic skeleton, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 81, 31-44 doi:10.1017/S0263593300005113
Clack J. A., Milner A. R. (2015) Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 3A1: Basal Tetrapoda
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