Where: Illinois (41.3° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 23.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, concretionary, sideritic mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by John Herron; reposited in the MCZ
• Donated by Mr. F.O. Thompson
Primary reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1938. Two Carboniferous insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. American Journal of Science 37(216):445-452 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114454: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Adeloneura thompsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Adeloneura thompsoni n. gen. n. sp. Carpenter 1938 winged insect | |
Xiphosura | |
"Euproops thompsoni n. sp." = Euproops danae
"Euproops thompsoni n. sp." = Euproops danae Meek and Worthen 1865 |