Loc. 42. Waste banks of the Missouri Public Service pits, just north of Clinton (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Henry County, Missouri (37.8° N, 91.6° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 27.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tiawah Limestone 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: limestone and concretionary shale

• algal limestone overlying concretionary 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 70485: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus" = Waagenella crassus
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus" = Waagenella crassus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus ? intercalaris, Soleniscus typicus, "Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius, "Ianthinopsis klipparti" = Soleniscus klipparti
Strobeus ? intercalaris Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
Soleniscus typicus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
"Ianthinopsis primogenius" = Strobeus primogenius Conrad 1835 snail
"Ianthinopsis klipparti" = Soleniscus klipparti Meek 1871 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense
"Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) grayvillense" = Glabrocingulum grayvillense Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki
"Naticopsis (Jedria) meeki" = Jedria meeki Knight 1933 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense
"Goniasma lasallensis" = Goniasma lasallense Worthen 1890 snail