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
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, concretion
Collected by Richard X. Cramer in 1975
• Repository: collection of Richard X. Cramer, Forest Park, IL
Primary reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153536: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Titanoscorpio douglassi Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion |