Shale Hill, Midland Brick and Tile Co. quarry (Hertha Fm., Livingston Co., MO) (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: Livingston County, Missouri (39.8° N, 93.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 1.7° S, 25.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Mound City Shale Member (Hertha Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Collection methods: core
Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998
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Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 | |
| Crinoidea | |
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
| Stenolaemata | |
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Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Phricodothyris sp. George 1932 | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |