Where: Grundy County, Illinois (41.3° N, 88.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 23.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by S. S. Strong; reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: O. Harger. 1874. Notice of a new fossil spider from the Coal Measures of Illinois. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Third Series 7:219-223 [M. Clapham/A. Gomez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 112630: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 14.07.2011, edited by Conrad Labandeira, April Kinchloe, Matthew Clapham, Priscilla Vazquez and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Platysomus orbicularis" = Amphicentrum orbiculare1
"Platysomus orbicularis" = Amphicentrum orbiculare1 Newberry and Worthen 1870 | |
Platysomus circularis1 Newberry and Worthen 1870 | |
Sagenodus cristatus n. sp.1
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Myriapoda | |
Zosterogrammus stichostethus n. gen. n. sp.14
Zosterogrammus stichostethus n. gen. n. sp.14 Wilson 2005 millipede YPM 204068, 204067, 19819, 204066
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Arachnida | |
"Geralinura gigantea" = Geralinura carbonaria8
"Geralinura gigantea" = Geralinura carbonaria8 Scudder 1884 whip scorpion YPM 147; YPM 596 (formerly from Langford collection in Petrunkevitch 1949 and Tetlie & Dunlop 2008)
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Palaeothele onoi n. sp.10
Palaeothele onoi n. sp.10 Selden 2021 spider YPM IP.00162 (part of Arthrolycosa antiqua in Petrunkevitch 1913)
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Arthrolycosa antiqua n. gen. n. sp.
Arthrolycosa antiqua n. gen. n. sp. Harger 1874 spider YPM 161; 162, 163 (in Petrunkevitch, 1913) (not 162, according to Selden 2021)
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"Trigonotarbus schucherti n. sp." = Lissomartus schucherti8
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"Trigonomartus pustulatus" = Aphantomartus pustulatus8
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Discotarbus deplanatus n. gen. n. sp.8, Architarbus minor n. sp.8, Architarbus rotundatus8, "Geratarbus minutus n. sp." = Orthotarbus minutus8, Metatarbus triangularis n. gen. n. sp.8
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Protosolpuga carbonaria n. gen. n. sp.8
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Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti n. gen. n. sp.8
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Palaeobuthus distinctus n. gen. n. sp.8 Petrunkevitch 1913 scorpion YPM 133; YPM 130 (in Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Eoscorpius granulatus in Petrunkevitch, 1913)
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Eoctonus miniatus n. gen. n. sp.8
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"Eoscorpius granulosus n. sp." = Eoscorpius carbonarius8
"Eoscorpius granulosus n. sp." = Eoscorpius carbonarius8 Meek and Worthen 1868 scorpion YPM 128 (not YPM 129 or 130)
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Telmatoscorpio brevipectus n. gen. n. sp.7
Telmatoscorpio brevipectus n. gen. n. sp.7 Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion YPM 129 (Eoscorpius granulosus in Petrunkevitch, 1913)
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Paraisobuthus virginiae n. sp.7
Paraisobuthus virginiae n. sp.7 Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion YPM 132 (Eoctonus miniatus in Petrunkevitch, 1913)
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"Protopilio longipes n. gen. n. sp." = Nemastomoides longipes8
"Protopilio longipes n. gen. n. sp." = Nemastomoides longipes8 Petrunkevitch 1913 harvestman YPM 171
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Xiphosura | |
"Euproops danae" = Euproops danae6, "Euproops laevicula n. sp." = Euproops danae9, "Pringlia bispinosa n. sp." = Liomesaspis laevis9
"Euproops danae" = Euproops danae6 Meek and Worthen 1865
"Euproops laevicula n. sp." = Euproops danae9 Meek and Worthen 1865
"Pringlia bispinosa n. sp." = Liomesaspis laevis9 Raymond 1944 | |
Insecta | |
Syntonoptera schucherti n. gen. n. sp.4
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Paralogopsis longipes n. gen. n. sp.5
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Epideigma elegans n. gen. n. sp.5
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Anegertus cubitalis n. gen. n. sp.5
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Narkema taeniatum n. gen. n. sp.4
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Dieconeura mazona n. sp.4, "Spaniodera schucherti n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4, "Spaniodera angusta n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4, "Spaniodera acutipennis n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4, "Spaniodera lata n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4, "Spaniodera parvula n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4, "Spaniodera elatior n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4, "Spaniodera longicollis n. sp." = Miamia bronsoni4
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Anepitedius giraffa n. gen. n. sp.4, "Gerarus collaris n. sp." = Gerarus collaris4, "Gerarus longicollis n. sp." = Gerarus collaris4, "? Gerarus reductus n. sp." = Gerarus constrictus4, "Gerarus latus n. sp." = Gerarus constrictus4, Gerarulus radialis n. gen. n. sp.4
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Cheliphlebia mazona n. sp.5
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Phyloblatta diversipennis n. sp.5
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"Etoblattina mazona" = Asemoblatta mazona12
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"Blattoidea sellardsi n. sp." = Pareinoblatta sellardsi2
"Blattoidea sellardsi n. sp." = Pareinoblatta sellardsi2 Handlirsch 1906 cockroach M. diplodiscus in Sellards, 1904 fig 3
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Blattoidea sellardsiana n. sp.2, Blattoidea sp.2, "Dipeltis carri n. sp." = Blattoidea carri2, Blattoidea schuchertiana n. sp.2, "Mylacris anceps n. sp." = Blattoidea anceps12, "Blattoidea" melanderi5
Blattoidea schuchertiana n. sp.2 Handlirsch 1906 cockroach M. diplodiscus in Schuchert, 1897 fig 4, 5
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"Megablattina beecheri n. gen. n. sp." = Archoblattina beecheri11
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Platymylacris paucinervis n. sp.5, Orthomylacris contorta n. sp.5, "? Mylacris sellardsii n. sp." = Mylacris sellardsi3, Mylacris diplodiscus12
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Apithanus jocularis n. gen. n. sp.4
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"Eucaenus ovalis" = Eucaenus ovalis4, "Eucaenus minor n. sp." = Eucaenus ovalis5, "Eucaenus mazonus" = Eucaenus ovalis4
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Silphion latipenne n. gen. n. sp.5, Pericalyphe longa n. gen. n. sp.5, Melinophlebia analis n. gen. n. sp.5
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Diexodus debilis n. gen. n. sp.4
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"Athymodictya parva n. gen. n. sp." = Eubleptus danielsi4
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Lameereites curvipennis n. gen. n. sp.5
Lameereites curvipennis n. gen. n. sp.5 Handlirsch 1911 winged insect YPM 66 "very shadowy fossil showing four wings of nymph…this highly interesting fossil…may be called in honor of my highly estimable opponent, Lameereites"
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Prochoroptera calopteryx n. gen. n. sp.5
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Sypharoptera pneuma n. gen. n. sp.5
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Asyncritus reticulatus n. gen. n. sp.5
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