Loc. 24. Strip mine & waste banks 200 yds west of US 71, 0.3 miles north of Rich Hill (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Bates County, Missouri (38.1° N, 94.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.3° S, 29.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Robinson Branch Member (Cabaniss Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale

• black, thinly laminated 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 70294: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea missouriensis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma, "Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Girty 1912
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetinella crassiradiata" = Chonetinella flemingi crassiradiata
"Chonetinella crassiradiata" = Chonetinella flemingi crassiradiata Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nuculopsis) girtyi
Nucula (Nuculopsis) girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
 Pectinida -
Fasciculiconcha ? knighti
Fasciculiconcha ? knighti Newell 1938 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina (Myalina) ? lepta
Myalina (Myalina) ? lepta Newell 1942 clam
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
? Chaenomya leavenworthensis
? Chaenomya leavenworthensis Meek and Hayden 1858 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) subrugosus" = Amphiscapha subrugosa
"Straparollus (Amphiscapha) subrugosus" = Amphiscapha subrugosa Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859