Lexington, Cherokee shale (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Missouri (39.2° N, 93.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 28.6° W)

When: Cherokee Group, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Cherokee Shale, overlying Lexington coal

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Gunnell Collection no. 4

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 132615: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus fustiformis n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Lonchodina sp. conodont
Synprioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Prioniodus cacti n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Prioniodus dactylodus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont