Also known as Mazon Creek
Where: Illinois (41.3° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 23.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, concretion
Collected by Mrs. Turnbull in 26, 1953
Primary reference: E. S. Richardson. 1956. Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois. Fieldiana: Geology 12(2):3-76 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122529: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Turnbullia priscillae n. gen. n. sp.
Turnbullia priscillae n. gen. n. sp. Richardson 1956 winged insect |