Loc. 8. Old quarry on the east side of County Hwy. H, just before it crosses Marmaton River, ½ mile northwest of Deerfield (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Vernon County, Missouri (37.8° N, 94.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 29.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Seville Limestone Member (Krebs Formation), Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 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 70252: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetinella crassiradiata" = Chonetinella flemingi crassiradiata Dunbar and Condra 1932
Mesolobus striatus Weller and McGehee 1933
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens, "Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Girty 1912
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Productida -
Desmoinesia nana Meek and Worthen 1866
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus annosus Newell 1942 mussel
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten ohioensis Newell 1938 scallop
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) subrugosus" = Amphiscapha subrugosa
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) subrugosus" = Amphiscapha subrugosa Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus umbilicatus Knight 1933 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858 snail
Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866 snail