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 (311.4 - 306.9 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. McLuckie; reposited in the USNM
• Not clear if all specimens were donated to USNM
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 122534: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Mcluckiepteron luciae n. gen. n. sp.
Mcluckiepteron luciae n. gen. n. sp. Richardson 1956 winged insect | |
Arachnida | |
Curculioides mcluckiei n. sp.
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