Area 3, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Company (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Will County, Illinois (41.2° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 23.9° W)

When: Carbondale Formation (Francis Creek Shale Group), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by R. Bandringa, J. Herdina in 1967; reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: R. Zangerl. 1969. Bandringa rayi: A New Ctenacanthoid Shark form the Pennsylvanian Essex Fauna of Illinois. Fieldiana Geology 12:157-169 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 07.08.2012, edited by Mark Uhen, Pete Wagner, Phil Novack-Gottshall and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

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Thecostraca
 Eolepadomorpha - Praelepadidae
"Praelepas damrowi n. sp." = Illilepas damrowi4
"Praelepas damrowi n. sp." = Illilepas damrowi4 Schram 1975 barnacle
Remipedia
 Enantiopoda - Tesnusocarididae
Cryptocaris hootchi n. gen. n. sp.3
Cryptocaris hootchi n. gen. n. sp.3 Schram 1974
FMNH PF32053
Malacostraca
 Tanaidacea -
Eucryptocaris asherorum n. gen. n. sp.5
Eucryptocaris asherorum n. gen. n. sp.5 Schram 1989
FMNH P 51405
Multicrustacea
 Cyclida - Schraminidae
"Halicyne max n. sp." = Schramine max6
"Halicyne max n. sp." = Schramine max6 Schram et al. 1997
 Cyclida - Cyclidae
Apionicon apioides n. gen. n. sp.6, Cyclus obesus n. sp.6
Apionicon apioides n. gen. n. sp.6 Schram et al. 1997
Cyclus obesus n. sp.6 Schram et al. 1997
Chondrichthyes
 Bradyodontida -
Jimpohlia erinacea n. gen. n. sp.8
Jimpohlia erinacea n. gen. n. sp.8 Zangerl 1979 cartilaginous fish
FMNH PF8539
 Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Similihariotta dabasinskasi n. gen. n. sp.8
Similihariotta dabasinskasi n. gen. n. sp.8 Zangerl 1979 chimaera
FMNH PF8547
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Dabasacanthus inskasi n. gen. n. sp.8
Dabasacanthus inskasi n. gen. n. sp.8 Zangerl 1979 elasmobranch
FMNH PF8546
 Ctenacanthiformes - Bandringidae
Bandringa rayi n. gen. n. sp.
Bandringa rayi n. gen. n. sp. Zangerl 1969 elasmobranch
FMNH PF 5686
Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys wolffi7, "Elonichthys" perpennatus1, Elonichthys remotus7, Elonichthys peltigerus1
Elonichthys wolffi7 Schultze and Bardack 1987 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF 7340 (= Wolff 602) (holotype - Pit 11)
"Elonichthys" perpennatus1 Eastman 1902 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF7521
Elonichthys remotus7 Schultze and Bardack 1987 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF 7495 (holotype)
Elonichthys peltigerus1 Newberry 1856 ray-finned fish
FMNH PF7502
Agnatha
 Petromyzontiformes -
Mayomyzon pieckoensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Mayomyzon pieckoensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Bardack and Zangerl 1968 lamprey
Polysentor gorbairdi
  - Polysentoridae
Polysentor gorbairdi8
Polysentor gorbairdi8 Zangerl 1979
FMNH PF8548
1Bardack 1979; 2Bardack and Zangerl 1968; 3Schram 1974; 4Schram 1975; 5Schram 1989; 6Schram et al. 1997; 7Schultze and Bardack 1987; 8Zangerl 1979