Coal mine 150 feet deep at Braceville (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Illinois (41.2° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 23.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, concretionary, sideritic mudstone

• Illinois basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Daniels collection

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152406: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.11.2013, edited by Conrad Labandeira

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Paoliida - Blattinopsidae
Glaphyrophlebia pusilla n. gen. n. sp.
Glaphyrophlebia pusilla n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 winged insect