Also known as KU-IL-10

Where: Johnston County, Illinois (37.6° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° S, 29.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cave Hill Member (Kinkaid Formation), Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, red, sandy, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• collection of "specimens accessible at the surface of the exposure"

Primary reference: E. R. Lombard and J. R. Bolt. 1999. Microsaur from the Mississippian of Illinois and a standard format for morphological characters. Journal of Paleontology 73(5):908-923 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68319: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.01.2007, edited by Emma Dunne

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