A New Flora and Fauna from the Monongahela Group Upper Pennsylvanian of Doddridge County, WV.

Authors

  • E. Ray Garton WV Geological & Economic Survey Museum
  • Zack Heck Prehistoric Planet, LLC
  • Sam Benson Prehistoric Planet, LLC
  • Robert L Pyle Prehistoric Planet, LLC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v90i1.363

Keywords:

fossil, mazon creek, West Virginia

Abstract

Siderite and shale nodules from the Monongalia Group Upper Pennsylvanian of Doddridge County, WV have produce a flora and fauna similar to the Mazon Creek, IL Lagerstatte. Hundreds of specimens have yielded a flora of mostly individual pinnules of Neuropteris, Pecopteris and Alethopteris species. A few dozen nodules have yielded a fauna of Paleocaris Order: (Decapoda) an unidentified horseshoe crab (Order: Xiphosura) and some other unidentified but presumed insects. This new locality is stratigraphically higher than the Mazon Creek flora and fauna.

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Published

2018-04-02

How to Cite

Garton, E. R., Heck, Z., Benson, S., & Pyle, R. L. (2018). A New Flora and Fauna from the Monongahela Group Upper Pennsylvanian of Doddridge County, WV. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 90(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v90i1.363

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Meeting Abstracts-Oral