PBDB Collection

Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Otoe County, Nebraska (40.7° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.4° S, 26.9° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pillsbury Shale Formation (Wabaunsee Group), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Most of the gastropods were originally reported from the “Dyas” by Geinitz, which Meek (1867) equated with Marcou’s Unit C. Condra (1927) notes that this is the Table Creek Shale, which is now known as the Pillsbury Shale Formation. (Whew....)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous shale

• Most of the formation is one sort of argillaceous shale or another.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. B. Meek. 1872. Report on the paleontology of eastern Nebraska with some remarks on the Carboniferous rocks of that district. U. S. 42nd Congress, 1st session, House Ex. Document 19:83-264 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157668: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 28.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	Ianthinopsis pulchellus² Ianthinopsis pulchellus² snail Macrocheilus intercalaris pulchellus
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	"Pleurotomaria haydeniana" = Ambozone haydeniana¹, "Pleurotomaria marcouiana n. sp." = Ananias marcouiana¹, "Pleurotomaria grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense, "Pleurotomaria inornata n. sp." = Hypselentoma inornata, "Pleurotomaria perhumerosa" = Hypselentoma perhumerosa, "Pleurotomaria subdecussatus n. sp." = Wellergyi subdecussatus¹ "Pleurotomaria haydeniana" = Ambozone haydeniana¹ Geinitz 1866 snail "Pleurotomaria marcouiana n. sp." = Ananias marcouiana¹ Geinitz 1866 snail "Pleurotomaria grayvillensis" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail "Pleurotomaria inornata n. sp." = Hypselentoma inornata Meek 1872 snail "Pleurotomaria perhumerosa" = Hypselentoma perhumerosa Meek 1872 snail "Pleurotomaria subdecussatus n. sp." = Wellergyi subdecussatus¹ Geinitz 1866 snail
Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae	"Murchisonia subtaeniata n. sp." = Orthonema subtaeniatum¹, "Murchisonia nebrascensis n. sp." = Orthonema nebrascense¹ "Murchisonia subtaeniata n. sp." = Orthonema subtaeniatum¹ Geinitz 1866 snail "Murchisonia nebrascensis n. sp." = Orthonema nebrascense¹ Geinitz 1866 snail
Heterostropha - Donaldinidae	"Turbonilla swallowiana n. sp." = Royalella swallowiana¹ "Turbonilla swallowiana n. sp." = Royalella swallowiana¹ Geinitz 1866 snail
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	"Bellerophon marcouianus n. sp." = Retispira marcouianus¹, "Bellerophon montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus, "Bellerophon tricarinatus n. sp." = Pharkidonotus percarinatus "Bellerophon marcouianus n. sp." = Retispira marcouianus¹ Geinitz 1866 snail "Bellerophon montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail "Bellerophon tricarinatus n. sp." = Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae	Euphemites vittatus² Euphemites vittatus² McChesney 1859 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) muricatus" = Amphiscapha muricata² "Straparollus (Amphiscapha) muricatus" = Amphiscapha muricata² Knight 1934 snail
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	"Dentalium meekianum n. sp." = Minodentalium meekianum¹ "Dentalium meekianum n. sp." = Minodentalium meekianum¹ Geinitz 1866 tusk shell

¹Geinitz 1866; ²Yochelson and Saunders 1967