Where: McDonough County, Illinois (40.4° N, 90.8° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 28.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Colchester (No. 2) Coal Member (Carbondale Formation), Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collected by A. H. Worthen
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1868. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:566-572 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122575: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Mylacris anthracophila n. gen. n. sp.
Mylacris anthracophila n. gen. n. sp. Scudder 1868 cockroach |