Interbedded shales & limestones, Reynolds Limestone, Greer Limestone Co. quarry (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Locality 1, 0.8 km N. West Virginia Rte. 7, on east side of north trending abandoned road east of the main underground mine entrance, just northeast of Greer

Where: Monongalia County, West Virginia (39.3° N, 79.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.2° S, 34.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Interbedded Shales Member (Reynolds Limestone Formation), Chesterian (335.5 - 323.2 Ma)

• See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

• See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
• Interbedded shales and limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.W. Busanus

• Bowling Green University Collections

Primary reference: J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare. 1991. Bivalves (Mollusca) from the Mauch Chunk Group (Mississippian, Chesterian) of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 65(3):465-480 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92956: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.12.2009

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Taxonomic list

• See: Busanus, J. W. 1974. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Mauch Chunk Group in northwestern West Virginia. Unpubl. M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 388 p.
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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia rugodorsata
Phestia rugodorsata Easton 1962 clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Paleyoldia levistriata
Paleyoldia levistriata Meek and Worthen 1860 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus illinoisensis
Promytilus illinoisensis Worthen 1884 mussel
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) matheri
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Sulcatopinna missouriensis" = Pinna (Sulcatopinna) missouriensis
"Sulcatopinna missouriensis" = Pinna (Sulcatopinna) missouriensis Swallow 1863 oyster
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten greerensis n. sp.
Limipecten greerensis n. sp. Busanus and Hoare 1991 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria tiltoni n. sp.
Streblochondria tiltoni n. sp. Busanus and Hoare 1991 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten batesvillensis
Aviculopecten batesvillensis Weller 1897 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Naiadites sp., Anthraconauta (Anthraconauta) sp.
Naiadites sp. Dawson 1860 clam
Anthraconauta (Anthraconauta) sp. Pruvost 1930 clam
Anthraconauta (Anthraconauta) aff. A. (A.) minima (Ludwig). BUSANUS, 1974, p. 220, P1. 8, figs. 2, 3.
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus depressus
Schizodus depressus Worthen 1884 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia andrewsi, Wilkingia walkeri, Sanguinolites cf. unioniformis
Wilkingia andrewsi Whitfield 1882 clam
Wilkingia walkeri Weller 1897 clam
Sanguinolites cf. unioniformis Winchell 1862 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus monroensis, Ectogrammysia sp., ? Sedgwickia sp., Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata n. sp.
Sphenotus monroensis Worthen 1884 clam
Ectogrammysia sp. Hoare et al. 1989 clam
? Sedgwickia sp. McCoy 1844 clam
Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata n. sp. Busanus and Hoare 1991 clam
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella sp.
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp., Edmondia suborbiculata
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
Edmondia suborbiculata Girty 1911 clam