Loc. 44. Banks of Fields Creek, ~3.0 miles northeast of Clinton (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Henry County, Missouri (37.8° N, 91.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 27.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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 70487: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella tetrahedra Dunbar and Condra 1932
Wellerella ? osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858