Loc. 4. Float 50 feet from west side of road, 3 miles northwest of Liberal (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Barton County, Missouri (37.6° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 29.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Seville Member (Krebs Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• Given as Scammon formation within Cabaniss subgroup; this is the updated taxonomy

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: ferruginous, gray, red, yellow limestone

• weathers to ferruginous, dark, yellowish red. Fresh surface dark gray and quite compact.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: U. Missouri

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 1961. Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri. Missouri University Studies 36:1-262 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70239: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina, Desmoinesia nana
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
Desmoinesia nana Meek and Worthen 1866
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa