Where: Vermillion County, Indiana (39.8° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 24.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Mecca Quarry Shale Member (Linton Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the FMNH
Primary reference: R. Zangerl and G. R. Case. 1973. Iniopterygia, a New Order of Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Pennsylvanian of North America. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 6:1-67 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132226: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 10.08.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sibyrhynchus denisoni Zangerl and Case 1973 cartilaginous fish FMNH PF6634-35, PF6637, PF6639, PF6641
Iniopera richardsoni Zangerl and Case 1973 cartilaginous fish FMNH PF6622, PF6630, PF6631, PF6638, PF6640
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"Phoebodus heslerorum" = Heslerodus divergens2
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"Denaea meccaensis" = Stethacanthulus meccaensis2
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