Where: Kentucky (37.1° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° S, 23.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Whitesburg Coal zone Member (Breathitt Formation), Westphalian B (314.6 - 314.6 Ma)
• "The Whitesburg coal zone overlies the marine to brackish Kendrick Shale Member of the Breathitt Formation and underlies the ton steinbearing Fire Clay coal bed, both of which are important regional stratigraphic markers." Brauckmann et al., 1993
Environment/lithology: delta plain; argillaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: C. Brauckmann, D. R. Chestnut, and J. R. Jennings. 1993. New spilapterid insect from the Breathitt Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian, Westphalian B) of eastern Kentucky, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1993(11):641-647 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127564: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 17.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Sheltoweeptera redbirdi n. gen. n. sp." = Homaloneura redbirdi
"Sheltoweeptera redbirdi n. gen. n. sp." = Homaloneura redbirdi Brauckmann et al. 1993 winged insect KGS1380
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