Durkee's Ferry (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Vigo County, Indiana (39.6° N, 87.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.9° S, 23.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• No age information available, but appears to be similar to the deposits at Mazon Creek

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lithified, nodular, sideritic shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. Collett

Primary reference: C. A. White. 1884. Fossils of the Indiana rocks, no. 3. In J. Collett (ed.), Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History, Thirteenth Annual Report 107-265 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216796: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
"Euproops danae" = Euproops danae, "Euproops colletti n. sp." = Euproops danae
"Euproops danae" = Euproops danae Meek and Worthen 1865
"Euproops colletti n. sp." = Euproops danae Meek and Worthen 1865