Linton (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Indiana (39.0° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 23.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Linton Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone

• Illinois basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J.W. Wood

Primary reference: O. Béthoux and C. Grossmann. 2011. Sumixam maximus gen. and sp. nov., a new Pennsylvanian species of Archaeorthoptera (Neoptera; Indiana, USA). Acta Geologica Sinica 85(3):515-520 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110852: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Sumixam maximus n. gen. n. sp.
Sumixam maximus n. gen. n. sp. Béthoux and Grossmann 2011 winged insect