Also known as Broadhead (1872) unit 97, Bennett (1896) unit 4
Where: Jackson County, Missouri (39.2° N, 94.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 27.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thayer Shale Member (Pottawatomie Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• Upper Coal Measures, older than Iola and Garnett, which are Missourian, so treating in same age
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; green, blue shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Rogers
Primary reference: J. W. Beede and A. Rogers. 1900. Coal Measures faunal studies. I. Kansas University Quarterly 9(4):233-254more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26878: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 06.11.2002, edited by Phil Novack-Gottshall
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Ceriocrinus hemisphericus Sea lily
Ceriocrinus missouriensis Sea lily
Ceriocrinus nodulifera Sea lily | |
Erisocrinus toddanus Sea lily | |
Phialocrinus basilicus, Phialocrinus barydactylus, Phialocrinus harii, Phialocrinus lykinsi, Phialocrinus magnificus
Phialocrinus basilicus Sea lily
Phialocrinus barydactylus Sea lily
Phialocrinus harii Sea lily
Phialocrinus lykinsi Sea lily
Phialocrinus magnificus Sea lily | |
Stenolaemata | |
Lingulata | |
Strophomenata | |
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten americanum scallop
Aviculopecten illinoisensis scallop | |
Lima retifera file clam | |
Monopteria gibbosa clam | |
Schizodus harii clam | |
Streblopteria ? termilineatus scallop | |
Yoldia cf. knoxensis clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Crinoidea | |
Erisocrinus typus Meek and Worthen 1865 Sea lily | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingula umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria
"Lingula umbonata" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis, "Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Productus pertenuis" = Pustula pertenuis Meek 1872
"Productus nebraskensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa
"Derbya crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea
"Seminula argentea" = Composita argentea Shepard 1838 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Septopora biserialis Swallow 1858 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
Schizodus cf. affinis Herrick 1887 clam | |
"Edmondia nebraskensis" = Edmondia nebrascensis
"Edmondia nebraskensis" = Edmondia nebrascensis Geinitz 1866 clam | |
"Myalina swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi, "Modiola subelliptica" = Volsellina subelliptica
"Myalina swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi McChesney 1860 mussel
"Modiola subelliptica" = Volsellina subelliptica Meek 1867 mussel | |
"Avicula longa" = Gervillia longa
"Avicula longa" = Gervillia longa Geinitz 1867 oyster | |
Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855 scallop | |
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium meekianum" = Minodentalium meekianum
"Dentalium meekianum" = Minodentalium meekianum Geinitz 1866 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Bellerophon carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail Includes two B. carbonarius Cox and B. carbonarius Conrad, of which latter is common
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"Pleurotomaria missouriensis" = Euconospira missouriensis
"Pleurotomaria missouriensis" = Euconospira missouriensis Swallow 1860 snail misspelled as "Pleurtomaria missouriensis"
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Scyphozoa | |
Conularia crustula White 1880 jellyfish |