Hamilton Quarry (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (38.0° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° S, 28.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calhoun Shale Formation (Shawnee Group), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Virgillian Series, Upper Pennsylvanian; late Kasimovian according to Modesto et al. (2015); originally entered "Calhouns Shale".

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Müller and R. R. Reisz. 2005. An early captorhinid reptile (Amniota, Eureptilia) from the Upper Carboniferous of Hamilton, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):561-568 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68427: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.01.2007, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Roger Benson and Emma Dunne

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Caseasauria - Caseidae
Eocasea martini n. gen. n. sp.4
Eocasea martini n. gen. n. sp.4 Reisz and Fröbisch 2014 synapsid
KUVP 9616b (holotype)
 Synapsida - Varanopidae
Archaeovenator hamiltonensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Reisz and Dilkes 2003 synapsid
KUVP 12483 (holotype)
Reptilia
 Eureptilia - Captorhinidae
"Concordia cunninghami n. gen. n. sp." = Euconcordia cunninghami
"Concordia cunninghami n. gen. n. sp." = Euconcordia cunninghami Müller and Reisz 2005 eureptile
KUVP 87102 (holotype), KUVP 96164, both are skulls; catalogue nos. amended according to Reisz et al. (2016), originally reported as 'KUVP 8702' and 'KUVP 96/95', respectively
 Araeoscelidia -
Spinoaequalis schultzei n. gen. n. sp.2
Spinoaequalis schultzei n. gen. n. sp.2 deBraga and Reisz 1995 diapsid
KUVP 12484 (holotype)
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Eoscopus lockardi n. gen. n. sp.1
Eoscopus lockardi n. gen. n. sp.1 Daly 1994 tetrapod
KUVP 80408 (holotype: skull, 5cm in length, in part and counterpart, along with anterior vertebrae)