Leeds Quarry, Kansas City (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Missouri (39.1° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 27.6° W)

When: Dennis Formation (Kansas City Group), Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Kansas City group, black shale near base of Winterset limestone

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Gunnell Collection

Primary reference: F. H. Gunnell. 1933. Conodonts and fish remains from the Cherokee, Kansas City, and Wabaunsee Groups of Missouri and Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):261-297 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132612: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Hibbardella ? sp. Bassler 1925 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Idioprioniodus typus n. gen. n. sp.
Idioprioniodus typus n. gen. n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus gemmiformis n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Idiognathodus confragus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
"Palaeoniscus sp." = Palaeoniscum
"Palaeoniscus sp." = Palaeoniscum Blainville 1818