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2 unusual facts about Pennsylvanian


Amphiscapha

Amphiscapha is a fossil gastropod mollusk, or less likely a monoplacophoran, genus from the Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian of North and South America, included in the family Euomphalidae.

Ten Sleep, Wyoming

The yellowish-gray to white sandstone which forms much of Ten Sleep Canyon is named the Tensleep formation (Pennsylvanian), and dominates much of the western slope of the Big Horn Mountains.


Conrad Weiser Area School District

The District is named for Conrad Weiser, an important Pennsylvanian in colonial days, especially known as an interpreter and emissary in councils between Native Americans and the colonies, especially Pennsylvania.

Haplolepis

Haplolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.

Hyneman

John M. Hyneman (1771–1816), a Pennsylvanian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1811

Illiniichthys

Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.

J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur

It describes a visit to the famous Pennsylvanian botanist, Mr. John Bertram.

Johann Conrad Weiser

Conrad Weiser (1696–1760), Pennsylvanian pioneer, interpreter and diplomat

Nozamichthys

Nozamichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.

SS Pennsylvanian

She called at the British ports of Methil, Loch Ewe, Clyde, and Milford Haven in late June and early July, and, sailing from Barry in mid July, Pennsylvanian arrived at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France.


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