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 | |
"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 |