Where: Illinois (41.3° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° 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 S. LeMay; reposited in the FMNH

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 153538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2013

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