Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, Illinois (40.5° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° S, 28.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ste. Genevieve Formation, Chesterian (335.5 - 323.2 Ma)

• Early Chesterian (~early Brigantian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: ooidal, white limestone

• White, arenaceous, oolite limestone with prolific fauna in certain bands

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: S. Weller. 1916. Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois. Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1:243-265 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68188: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods and rostroconchs are included, as the generic taxonomy is outdated. Brachiopods, bivalves, cephalopods, etc., should be entered later.
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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon sublaevis" = Bellerophon spergensis, "Bellerophon monroensis n. sp." = Retispira monronensis
"Bellerophon sublaevis" = Bellerophon spergensis Gordon and Yochelson 1983 snail
"Bellerophon monroensis n. sp." = Retispira monronensis Weller 1916 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus lentiformis n. sp." = Euphemites lentiformis
"Euphemus lentiformis n. sp." = Euphemites lentiformis Weller 1916 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
"? Ptychomphalus fountainensis n. sp." = Donaldina fountainensis, "Solenospira pygmaea n. sp." = Donaldina pygmaea
"? Ptychomphalus fountainensis n. sp." = Donaldina fountainensis Weller 1916 snail
"Solenospira pygmaea n. sp." = Donaldina pygmaea Weller 1916 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Loxonema wortheni n. sp." = Palaeozygopleura wortheni
"Loxonema wortheni n. sp." = Palaeozygopleura wortheni Weller 1916 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Holopea fountainensis n. sp." = Leptoptygma fountainensis, Bulimorpha whitfieldi n. sp.
"Holopea fountainensis n. sp." = Leptoptygma fountainensis Weller 1916 snail
Bulimorpha whitfieldi n. sp. Weller 1916 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Eotrochus sp.
Eotrochus sp. Whitfield 1882 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Ptychomphalus sinuatus n. sp." = Baylea sinuatus, "Mourlonia minuta n. sp." = Baylea minuta, "Ptychomphalus wortheni n. sp." = Dictyotomaria wortheni, "Ptychomphalus depressus n. sp." = Dictyotomaria depressus
"Ptychomphalus sinuatus n. sp." = Baylea sinuatus Weller 1916 snail
"Mourlonia minuta n. sp." = Baylea minuta Weller 1916 snail
"Ptychomphalus wortheni n. sp." = Dictyotomaria wortheni Weller 1916 snail
"Ptychomphalus depressus n. sp." = Dictyotomaria depressus Weller 1916 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Bembexia waterlooensis n. sp." = Euconospira waterlooensis
"Bembexia waterlooensis n. sp." = Euconospira waterlooensis Weller 1916 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras "sp. A", Platyceras "sp. B", "Naticopsis wortheni n. sp." = Strophostylus wortheni
Platyceras "sp. A" Conrad 1840 snail
Platyceras "sp. B" Conrad 1840 snail
"Naticopsis wortheni n. sp." = Strophostylus wortheni Weller 1916 snail
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"Cyclonema globosa n. sp." = Cyclites globosa
"Cyclonema globosa n. sp." = Cyclites globosa Weller 1916 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus similis" = Euomphalus similis, "Straparollus planus" = Euomphalus similis
"Straparollus similis" = Euomphalus similis Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
"Straparollus planus" = Euomphalus similis Meek and Worthen 1862 snail
similis var. planus
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis waterlooensis n. sp.
Naticopsis waterlooensis n. sp. Weller 1916 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira minuta n. sp., "Bulimorpha pygmaea n. sp." = Girtyspira pygmaea
Meekospira minuta n. sp. Weller 1916 snail
"Bulimorpha pygmaea n. sp." = Girtyspira pygmaea Weller 1916 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Solenospira illinoiensis n. sp." = Hypergonia illinoiensis
"Solenospira illinoiensis n. sp." = Hypergonia illinoiensis Weller 1916 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
"Conocardium mesialis n. sp." = Oxyprora mesialis
"Conocardium mesialis n. sp." = Oxyprora mesialis Weller 1916