Sun Spot Mine Essexella type locality (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Fulton County, Illinois (40.3° N, 90.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 25.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• Francis Creek Shale (Desmoinesian Series)

Environment/lithology: delta plain; concretionary shale

• "deltaic interdistributary bay areas"
• Siderite concretions within shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by Foster in 1979

Primary reference: R.E. Plotnick, G.A. Young, and J.W. Hagadorn. 2023. An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek LagerstÓ“tte, USA. Papers in Palaeontology e1479 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232884: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 05.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Lascoa mesostaurata
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Lascoa mesostaurata n. gen. n. sp.
Lascoa mesostaurata n. gen. n. sp. Foster 1979
Anthozoa
 Actiniaria -
Essexella asherae n. gen. n. sp.
Essexella asherae n. gen. n. sp. Foster 1979 sea anemone