Where: Pennsylvania (40.6° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 25.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sherman Ridge Member (Mahantango Formation), Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• Given as Erian stage

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 2000. Considerations on Paleozoic Polyplacophora including the description of Palsiochiton curiosus n. gen. and sp. American Malacological Bulletin 15(2):131-137 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 50947: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.05.2005