Area 3, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Company (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Will County, Illinois (41.2° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 23.9° W)

When: Carbondale Formation (Francis Creek Shale Group), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by R. Bandringa, J. Herdina in 1967; reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: R. Zangerl. 1969. Bandringa rayi: A New Ctenacanthoid Shark form the Pennsylvanian Essex Fauna of Illinois. Fieldiana Geology 12:157-169 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 07.08.2012, edited by Mark Uhen, Pete Wagner, Phil Novack-Gottshall and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Eolepadomorpha - Praelepadidae
"Praelepas damrowi n. sp." = Illilepas damrowi4
"Praelepas damrowi n. sp." = Illilepas damrowi4 Schram 1975 barnacle
Malacostraca
 Tanaidacea -
Eucryptocaris asherorum n. gen. n. sp.5
Eucryptocaris asherorum n. gen. n. sp.5 Schram 1989
FMNH P 51405
Remipedia
 Enantiopoda - Tesnusocarididae
Cryptocaris hootchi n. gen. n. sp.3
Cryptocaris hootchi n. gen. n. sp.3 Schram 1974
FMNH PF32053
Agnatha
 Petromyzontiformes -
Mayomyzon pieckoensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Mayomyzon pieckoensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Bardack and Zangerl 1968 lamprey
Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys wolffi6 Schultze and Bardack 1987 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF 7340 (= Wolff 602) (holotype - Pit 11)
Elonichthys peltigerus1 Newberry 1856 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF7502
Elonichthys remotus6 Schultze and Bardack 1987 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF 7495 (holotype)
"Elonichthys" perpennatus1 Eastman 1902 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF7521
Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Bandringidae
Bandringa rayi n. gen. n. sp.
Bandringa rayi n. gen. n. sp. Zangerl 1969 elasmobranch
FMNH PF 5686
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Dabasacanthus inskasi n. gen. n. sp.7
Dabasacanthus inskasi n. gen. n. sp.7 Zangerl 1979 elasmobranch
FMNH PF8546
 Bradyodontida -
Jimpohlia erinacea n. gen. n. sp.7
Jimpohlia erinacea n. gen. n. sp.7 Zangerl 1979 cartilaginous fish
FMNH PF8539
 Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Similihariotta dabasinskasi n. gen. n. sp.7 Zangerl 1979 chimaera
FMNH PF8547
Polysentor gorbairdi
  - Polysentoridae
Polysentor gorbairdi7 Zangerl 1979
FMNH PF8548