HMY 2. Hillside exposure (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Osage County, Oklahoma (36.5° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 29.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Heebner Shale Member (Vamoosa Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare, R. H. Mapes, and T.E. Yancey. 2002. Structure, taxonomy, and epifauna of Pennsylvanian rostroconchs (Mollusca). Journal of Paleontology Memoir 58:1-30 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167868: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Apotocardium lanterna Branson 1965
Apotocardium plautum Hoare et al. 2002