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Charleston Sandstone, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Formation | Charleston Sandstone |
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Age: | 318 - 307 Ma Carboniferous |
Interval | Westphalian |
Tectonic Setting | Foreland basin |
Lithology | sandstone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Clendennin | Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA | Charleston Sandstone |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mylacris virginiana species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Mylacridae : Mylacris : Mylacris virginiana | 318.1 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Handlirsch A. (1906) Revision of American Paleozoic insects, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29 1441, 661-820 |
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!