Loc. 29B. Face of strip mine and waste banks of large stripping operation, ~2 miles north of Harvey (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Henry County, Missouri (38.5° N, 93.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 28.7° 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: 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 70309: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nuculopsis) girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia ovata Meek and Worthen 1873 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Pseudorthoceras knoxense" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense, "Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense
"Pseudorthoceras knoxense" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
"Mooreoceras normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki, "Naticopsis (Jedria) ventricosa" = Jedria ventrica
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki Knight 1933 snail
"Naticopsis (Jedria) ventricosa" = Jedria ventrica Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus ? intercalaris Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense, "Glabrocingulum (Ananias) nodocostatus" = Ananias nodocostatus
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
"Glabrocingulum (Ananias) nodocostatus" = Ananias nodocostatus Hoare 1961 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella ? osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
Wellerella tetrahedra Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer opimus Hall 1858
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer latus, "Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari
Neospirifer latus Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Neospirifer triplicatus" = Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita ovata Mather 1915
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida -
Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetinella crassiradiata" = Chonetinella flemingi crassiradiata Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma, "Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus, "Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens
"Mesolobus lioderma" = Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Mesolobus euampygus" = Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus Girty 1912
"Mesolobus decipiens" = Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Girty 1912
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae