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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Saccoglossus testa n. sp.5
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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
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Arachnida | |
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Malacostraca | |
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Myriapoda | |
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Amynilyspes wortheni6 Scudder 1882 millipede FMNH PE 975, 2938, 12808, 12925, 13947, 22936, 29377, 29388, 32285
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Mazoscolopendra richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.9
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Insecta | |
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Rasstriga americana n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Lithoneura carpenteri n. sp." = Lithoneura mirifica13
"Lithoneura carpenteri n. sp." = Lithoneura mirifica13 Carpenter 1943 winged insect FMNH 45248 (coll. Heinz Lowenstam, 1938)
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Carbonympha herdinai n. gen. n. sp.7
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Alanympha richardsoni n. gen. n. sp.7
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Mazonopterum wolfforum8 Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983 winged insect FMNH PE 32042, unnumbered Herdina specimen
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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.)
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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
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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)
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Helenodora inopinata | |
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