Loc. 11B. Pit and wastebanks of railroad cutting 1.5 miles northwest of Mindenmines, 1 mile north from KS-MO state line road (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Barton County, Missouri (37.5° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Scammon Shale Member (Cabaniss 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: marine; black shale

• black fissile shale

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 70272: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus
"Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira peracuta
Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus ? intercalaris, Soleniscus typicus, "Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius
Strobeus ? intercalaris Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Trepospira (Trepospira) depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis
"Trepospira (Trepospira) depressa" = Trepospira illinoisensis Worthen 1884 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki Knight 1933 snail
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya radiata" = Acharax radiata
"Solemya radiata" = Acharax radiata Meek and Worthen 1860 Awning Clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia ovata
Edmondia ovata Meek and Worthen 1873 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale
Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurophorus occidentalis
Pleurophorus occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1864 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus affinis
Schizodus affinis Herrick 1887 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia tiawahensis
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Condrathyris perplexa
Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer cameratus, "Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus rockymontanum
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis