Leeds Quarry, Galesburg shale (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

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

• Kansas City group, Galesburg shale (below Stark Shale)

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 132622: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus rugulatus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Idiognathodus liratus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Idiognathodus ruidus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Idiognathodus biconvexus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Idiognathodus chiriformis n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont