12th st and viaduct, Cherryvale shale 4e (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Missouri (39.1° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° S, 27.4° W)

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

• Kansas City group, Cherryvale shale immediately underlying Drum (Westerville) limestone (Wea shale)

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 132633: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
"Palaeoniscus sp." = Palaeoniscum
"Palaeoniscus sp." = Palaeoniscum Blainville 1818
Chondrichthyes
 Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae
Petrodus ? sp. McCoy 1848 elasmobranch
 Symmoriiformes -
"Idiacanthus cameratus n. sp." = Gunnellodus bellistriatus
"Idiacanthus cameratus n. sp." = Gunnellodus bellistriatus Gunnell 1933 elasmobranch
  -
Moreyella trilobata n. sp., "Cooperella sp." = Cooperodon, "Cooperella ? sp." = Cooperodon
Moreyella trilobata n. sp. Gunnell 1933 shark
"Cooperella sp." = Cooperodon Whitley 1956 shark
"Cooperella ? sp." = Cooperodon Whitley 1956 shark
 Euselachii - Anachronistidae
Cooleyella cuspidata n. sp. Gunnell 1933 elasmobranch
Cooleyella quadrilobata n. sp. Gunnell 1933 elasmobranch
Williamsella
  -
Williamsella ? sp. Gunnell 1933
Williamsella typicalis
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Williamsella typicalis n. gen. n. sp.
Williamsella typicalis n. gen. n. sp. Gunnell 1933