Table Rock, Atchison shale (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Nebraska (40.2° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 28.6° W)

When: Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Atchinson shale

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Professor Barbour

Primary reference: C. R. Eastman. 1903. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39:163-226 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132967: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 30.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Helodontiformes - Helodontidae
Helodus rugosus Newberry and Worthen 1870 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
"Petalodus alleghaniensis" = Petalodus allegheniensis
"Petalodus alleghaniensis" = Petalodus allegheniensis Leidy 1856 chimaera
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
"Cladodus occidentalis" = Glikmanius occidentalis
"Cladodus occidentalis" = Glikmanius occidentalis Leidy 1859 elasmobranch