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Fossils of Parks Township

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Catalog ID: CG-0291

Leptoptygma simplex

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Murchisoniina
Family: Soleniscidae
Genus: Leptoptygma
Species: simplex

Geology

Period: Carboniferous
Group: Conemaugh
Formation: Glenshaw
Stratum: Pine Creek limestone

Donated to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. CM 54697

Taxonomic Authorities

  • Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  • Family Soleniscidae Knight, 1931

References

  • Knight, J. B., 1931. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier: the Subulitidae. Journal of Paleontology 5(3):177–229