Loc. 46. Vansant mine, ~2.5 miles northeast of La Due (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Henry County, Missouri (38.3° N, 93.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 28.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tiawah Limestone Member (Cabaniss Formation), Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 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 75870: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Gosseletina spironema" = Globodoma spironema
"Gosseletina spironema" = Globodoma spironema Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus umbilicatus Knight 1933 snail