Pit 11, Braidwood, Mazon Creek (Rock coll) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Illinois (41.2° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 23.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone

• Illinois basin
• ironstone concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Richard Rock

• Repository: collection of Richard Rock, Crest Hill, Illinois

Primary reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1983. Studies of North American Carboniferous Insects: Part 7. The Structure and Relationships of Eubleptus danielsi (Paleodictyoptera). Psyche 90(1-2):81-95 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151859: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Eubleptidae
Eubleptus danielsi Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
No. 729, 817