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
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Gastropoda | |
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Strophomenata | |
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884 | |
Hystriculina sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Shumardella sp. Weller 1910 | |
Crurithyris sp. George 1931 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |