Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem: Virgilian, Illinois
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Eoasinites sp.
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| a cephalopod | ||||||||||
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Serpulopsis sp.
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| an annelid | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllidium proliferum
(McChesney 1860)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Scyphozoa
- Conulariida
- Conulariidae
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Paraconularia sp.
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer kentuckyensis
(Shumard 1855)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Punctospirifer kentuckensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia marmoni
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina atrypoides
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Composita subtilita
(Hall 1852)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Enteletidae
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Enteletes hemiplicatus
(Hall 1852)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Enteletes hemiplicata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella carbonaria
(Shumard and Swallow 1858)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Wellerellidae
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Wellerella osagensis
(Shumard and Swallow 1858)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer triplicatus
(Hall 1852)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| replaced by Neospirifer dunbari | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris perplexa
(McChesney 1859)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Condrathyris perplexa | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia crassa
(Meek and Hayden 1858)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Orthotetidae
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Derbyoides nebrascensis
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus prattenianus
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Cancrinella boonensis
(Swallow 1858)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Reticulatia huecoensis
(King 1931)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Kozlowskia splendens
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Productus splendens | ||||||||||
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Retaria lasallensis
(Worthen 1873)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Kutorginella lasallensis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Echinaria sp.
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Juresania symmetrica
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Neochonetes granulifer
(Owen 1852)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Lissochonetes geinitzianus
(Waagen 1884)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Mooreoceras sp.
Miller et al. 1933
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| synonym of Pseudorthoceras | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Solenochilidae
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Solenochilus shumwayense n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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69 specimens | |||||||||
| the holotype and 68 paratypes | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Liroceratidae
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Liroceras liratum
(Girty 1912)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Ephippioceratidae
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Ephippioceras moinellae n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| the holotype and 7 paratypes | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Tainoceratidae
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? Metacoceras sp.
Hyatt 1883
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Metacoceras copei n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| the holotype and 13 paratypes | ||||||||||
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Tainoceras monilifer
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47 specimens | |||||||||
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Tainoceras sexlineatum n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| the holotype and a paratype | ||||||||||
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Cooperoceras sp.
Miller 1945
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Grypoceratidae
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Stearoceras involutum n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| a holotype | ||||||||||
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Domatoceras mattoonense n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| the holotype and a paratype | ||||||||||
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Domatoceras wortheni n. sp.
Tucker 1976
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30 specimens | |||||||||
| the holotype and 29 paratypes | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Brachycycloceratidae
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Brachycycloceras sp.
Miller et al. 1933
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Brachycycloceras normale
Miller et al. 1955
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Gonioloboceratidae
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Gonioloboceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparolus subquadratus
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Straparollus | ||||||||||
| a gastropod | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites carbonarius
(Cox 1857)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon stevensianus
McChesney 1859
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) stevensianus | ||||||||||
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Pharkidonotus percarinatus
(Conrad 1842)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Glabrocingulum grayvillense
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Trepospira depressa
(Cox 1857)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| replaced by Trepospira illinoisensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Worthenia tabulata
(Conrad 1835)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Portlockiellidae
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Shansiella sp.
Yin 1932
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Ianthinopsis paludinaeformis
(Hall 1858)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Strobeus paludinaeformis | ||||||||||
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Ianthinopsis brevis
(White 1881)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Strobeus brevis | ||||||||||
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Ianthinopsis primogenius
(Conrad 1835)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Strobeus primogenius | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Meekospiridae
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Meekospira sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Stephanozyga sp.
(Knight 1930)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Tergomya
- Archinacellida
- Metoptomatidae
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Lepetopsis sp.
Whitfield 1882
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Prodentaliidae
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Prodentalium sp.
Young 1942
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Volsellina subelliptica
(Meek 1867)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Monopteriidae
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Monopteria longa
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pteronites sp.
McCoy 1842
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Pernopecten ohioensis
Newell 1938
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
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Fasciculiconcha knighti
Newell 1938
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pseudomonotidae
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Placunopsis carbonaria
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| synonym of Pseudomonotis equistriata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limipectinidae
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Acanthopecten carboniferus
(Stevens 1858)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Acanthopecten carboniferous | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Palaeolima retifer
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Palaeolima equistriata
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sangamonensis
(Worthen 1890)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Parallelodon obsoletus
(Meek 1871)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella compacta
Girty 1915
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Sanguinolitidae
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Wilkingia costatum
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Modiomorpha sp.
Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia ovata
Meek and Worthen 1873
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus sp.
King 1844
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Phestia bellistriatus
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Palaeoneilo taffiana
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nuculopsis girtyi
Schenck 1934
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solemyida
- Solemyidae
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Solemya trapezoides
(Meek 1874)
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Ameura sp.
Weller 1936
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Tucker 1976 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Illinois | County: | Effingham County |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 88.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.5° South, 22.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Virgilian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.70000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mattoon | Member: | Shumway Limestone | Local bed: | lower bed |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mattoon Fm. is part of the Shumway Cyclothem; all fossils collected from the lower bed of the Shumway Limestone Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray lithified lime mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Lower bed: "...almost lithographic micritic limestone that when fresh is very hard....blue-grey to grey, fine grained, impure limestone that weathers reddish to buff in color" Upper bed: "...much more argillacoues and is very slightly bedded." | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Depositional environment was shallow, quiet water | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
| Collection method comments: Mostly nautiloids reposited at FMNH, the rest are in author's private collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 50219 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | D. Lamb |
| Modifier: | D. Lamb | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-10 16:54:31 | Last modified: | 2005-05-12 14:07:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-10 16:54:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13494. | J. K. Tucker. 1976. A coiled nautiloid fauna from the Mattoon Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 69(1):57-77 [J. Alroy/D. Lamb/D. Lamb] |
Secondary references:
| 13516 | J.K. Tucker. 1976. Paleoecological notes on the fauna of the Shumway Limestone (Mattoon Formation, Upper Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 69(3):327-335 [J. Alroy/D. Lamb/D. Lamb] |