Possibly near Windsor (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Missouri (38.6° N, 93.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 28.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, nodular, sideritic shale

• Ironstone nodule

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the YPM

• Acquired from a private dealer (Charles Isbon) by Dr. Elliot Nelson (St. Louis, USA)

Primary reference: J. A. Dunlop. 2004. A spiny harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Upper Carboniferous of Missouri, USA. Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue 1:67-74 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152114: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Opiliones -
Echinopustulus samuelnelsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Echinopustulus samuelnelsoni n. gen. n. sp. Dunlop 2004 harvestman
YPM 204165