Monroe Co. [Edwardsville Lmst] (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Indiana (39.2° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 33.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Edwardsville Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Mississippian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Edwardsville Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Mississippian in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimen.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: M. J. Vendrasco, T. E. Wood, and B. N. Runnegar. 2004. Articulated Paleozoic fossil with 17 plates greatly expands disparity of early chitons. Nature 429:288-290 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91434: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to polyplacophoran described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identification.
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Polyplacophora
 Multiplacophora -
Polysacos vickersianum n. gen. n. sp.
Polysacos vickersianum n. gen. n. sp. Vendrasco et al. 2004 chiton