SH6 east of Gallatin (Swope Fm., Daviess Co., MO) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Daviess County, Missouri (39.9° N, 94.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° S, 26.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Hushpuckney shale Member (Swope Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

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 130: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849