US36 southwest of Breckenridge (Swope Fm., Caldwell Co., MO) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Caldwell County, Missouri (39.8° N, 93.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.9° S, 26.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Hushpuckney shale Member (Swope Formation), Missourian (305.9 - 303.4 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 131: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Shumardella sp. Weller 1910
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily