Unspecified in Iowa (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, Iowa (42.7° N, 93.3° W: paleocoordinates 20.7° S, 37.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: McCraney Limestone Formation, Kinderhookian (358.9 - 352.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, silty lime mudstone and shale

• lithographic, with thin shaley interbeds/partings.

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1950. The fauna and correlation of the McCraney Limestone of Iowa and Illinois. American Journal of Science 248(3):194-213 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5933: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.12.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The author lists all 5 macrofossils together, but not the "microfossils" (by which he means micromorph fossils), implying that the macrofossils were found in all 3 localities.
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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena sp.
Cranaena sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Terebratulida -
Selenella pediculus
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris hannibalensis
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia cf. tuta
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Allorhynchus cf. currei
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora rowleyi
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotetradidae
Paraphorhynchus striatocostatum
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer sp.
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia minuta, Ambocoelia louisianaensis
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella sp.
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus ovatus
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus sp.
 Productida - Chonopectidae
Chonopectus fischeri
Chonopectus fischeri Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes ornatus
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. marbuti
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
"Grammysia hannibalensis" = Ectogrammysia hannibalensis
"Grammysia hannibalensis" = Ectogrammysia hannibalensis Shumard and Swallow 1858 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet.
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
spines and plates
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet.
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
holothuroid plates
Blastoidea
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
cf. Mesoblastus sp.
cf. Mesoblastus sp. Etheridge and Carpenter 1886 blastoid
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid columnals
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
"Platycrinus sp." = Platycrinites
"Platycrinus sp." = Platycrinites Miller 1821 Sea lily