PBDB Collection

Mazon Creek (FMNH collection) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Illinois (41.3° N, 88.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 23.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone

• Illinois basin

• ironstone concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: O. Béthoux. 2005. Reassigned and new basal Archaeorthoptera from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek (IL, USA). Journal of Orthoptera Research 14(2):121-126 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112638: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 14.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham, Amy Delelli, Lindy Edwards and Sandra Schachat

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Taxonomic list

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Enteropneusta
- Harrimaniidae	Saccoglossus testa n. sp.⁵ Saccoglossus testa n. sp.⁵ Cameron 2016 FMNH PE 45216
- Spengelidae	Mazoglossus ramsdelli n. sp.⁵ Mazoglossus ramsdelli n. sp.⁵ Bardack 1997 FMNH PE 45756, PE 81572, PE 81573, PE 81575, PE 23053, PE 45207, PE 29804, PE 81506, PE 81574
Arachnida
Ricinulei - Poliocheridae	Poliochera sp.¹⁴, Poliochera punctulata¹⁴ Poliochera sp.¹⁴ Scudder 1884 hooded tickspider PE 29375 Poliochera punctulata¹⁴ Scudder 1884 hooded tickspider PE 32206
Ricinulei - Curculioididae	Curculioides gigas n. sp.¹⁴, Curculioides mcluckiei¹⁴, Amarixys stellaris n. sp.¹⁴ Curculioides gigas n. sp.¹⁴ Selden 1992 hooded tickspider PE 784 Curculioides mcluckiei¹⁴ Selden 1992 hooded tickspider PE 780 Amarixys stellaris n. sp.¹⁴ Selden 1992 hooded tickspider PE 32184
Malacostraca
Palaeocaridacea - Palaeocarididae	Palaeocaris typus¹¹ Palaeocaris typus¹¹ Meek and Worthen 1865 FMNH PE 23237, 37957, 39796
Myriapoda
Pleurojulida - Pleurojulidae	Pleurojulus cf. biornatus¹⁵ Pleurojulus cf. biornatus¹⁵ Fritsch 1899 millipede
Chilognatha -	Oniscomorpha indet.⁶, ? Sphaerotheriida indet.⁶ Oniscomorpha indet.⁶ Pocock 1887 millipede FMNH PE 10248, 29389, 13963 ? Sphaerotheriida indet.⁶ Brandt 1833 millipede FMNH PE 29409, 29386
Amynilyspedida - Amynilyspedidae	Amynilyspes wortheni⁶ Amynilyspes wortheni⁶ Scudder 1882 millipede FMNH PE 975, 2938, 12808, 12925, 13947, 22936, 29377, 29388, 32285
Scolopendromorpha -	Mazoscolopendra richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Mazoscolopendra richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.⁹ centipede FMNH PE 22936, 29002, 28606, 32244
Insecta
Eoblattida - Protophasmatidae	Protophasma galtieri n. sp.³, Nectoptilus mazonus n. gen. n. sp. Protophasma galtieri n. sp.³ Béthoux and Schneider 2010 insect FMNH PE 52174 Nectoptilus mazonus n. gen. n. sp. Béthoux 2005 insect FMNH PE 31978
Eoblattida - Idelinellidae	Rasstriga americana n. gen. n. sp.¹ Rasstriga americana n. gen. n. sp.¹ Aristov and Rasnitsyn 2012 insect FMNH 26367
Dicondylia - Syntonopteridae	"Lithoneura carpenteri n. sp." = Lithoneura mirifica¹³ "Lithoneura carpenteri n. sp." = Lithoneura mirifica¹³ Carpenter 1943 winged insect FMNH 45248 (coll. Heinz Lowenstam, 1938)
Dicondylia -	Carbonympha herdinai n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Carbonympha herdinai n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Kukalova-Peck 2009 winged insect PE 31972
Meganisoptera -	Alanympha richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Alanympha richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Kukalova-Peck 2009 griffinfly PE 29407
Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae	Mazonopterum wolfforum⁸ Mazonopterum wolfforum⁸ Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983 winged insect FMNH PE 32042, unnumbered Herdina specimen
Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae	Homaloneura cf. dabasinskasi¹², Bizarrea obscura n. gen. n. sp.¹² Homaloneura cf. dabasinskasi¹² Carpenter 1964 winged insect FMNH PE 11268 (ex. Gertrude Hannen coll.) Bizarrea obscura n. gen. n. sp.¹² Prokop et al. 2015 winged insect FMNH PE 11269 (ex. Gertrude Hannen coll.)
Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae	Adiphlebia lacoana² Adiphlebia lacoana² Scudder 1885 winged insect FMNH PE 3416, 60291
Dicondylia - Geraridae	Nacekomia rossae n. gen. n. sp.¹³, Gerarus danielsi⁴, Gerarus vetus⁴ Nacekomia rossae n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Richardson 1956 winged insect FMNH PE 791 (coll. Lillian Ross, 1948, from strip-mine area) Gerarus danielsi⁴ Handlirsch 1906 winged insect FMNH PE 5276, 31973, 31988, 32023, 32027, 32029, 32031 Gerarus vetus⁴ Scudder 1885 winged insect FMNH PE 32022, 32024
Dicondylia - Omaliaidae	Anthrakoris aetherius n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Anthrakoris aetherius n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Richardson 1956 winged insect FMNH PE145 (donated 1951, Mazon Creek area, not strip-mine type)
Helenodora inopinata
-	Helenodora inopinata¹⁰ Helenodora inopinata¹⁰ Thompson and Jones 1980 FMNH PE 13966, 33380, 33822, 45049, 49784

¹Aristov and Rasnitsyn 2012; ²Béthoux 2009; ³Béthoux and Schneider 2010; ⁴Burnham 1983; ⁵Cameron 2016; ⁶Hannibal and Feldmann 1981; ⁷Kukalova-Peck 2009; ⁸Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983; ⁹Mundel 1979; ¹⁰Murdock et al. 2016; ¹¹Perrier et al. 2006; ¹²Prokop et al. 2016; ¹³Richardson 1956; ¹⁴Selden 1992; ¹⁵Wilson and Hannibal 2005