Road ditch near Odessa (Pleasanton Group, Lafayette Co., MO) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Lafayette County, Missouri (39.0° N, 94.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 33.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Exline Limestone Member, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• no formation name given, shales assoc w/ LS

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia sp.
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp.
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp.
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura sp.
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp.
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite