Mazon Creek (FMNH collection): Westphalian D, Illinois
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Enteropneusta
- Harrimaniidae
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Saccoglossus testa n. sp.
Cameron 2016
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Cameron 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH PE 45216 | ||||||||||
Enteropneusta
- Spengelidae
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Mazoglossus ramsdelli n. sp.
Bardack 1997
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Cameron 2016 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 45756, PE 81572, PE 81573, PE 81575, PE 23053, PE 45207, PE 29804, PE 81506, PE 81574 | ||||||||||
Myriapoda
- Pleurojulida
- Pleurojulidae
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Pleurojulus cf. biornatus
Fritsch 1899
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Wilson and Hannibal 2005 | 37 specimens | ||||||||
Myriapoda
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Oniscomorpha indet.
Pocock 1887
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Hannibal and Feldmann 1981 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 10248, 29389, 13963 | ||||||||||
Myriapoda
- Sphaerotheriida
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? Sphaerotheriida indet.
Brandt 1833
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Hannibal and Feldmann 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 29409, 29386 | ||||||||||
Myriapoda
- Amynilyspedida
- Amynilyspedidae
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Amynilyspes wortheni
Scudder 1882
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Hannibal and Feldmann 1981 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 975, 2938, 12808, 12925, 13947, 22936, 29377, 29388, 32285 | ||||||||||
Myriapoda
- Scolopendromorpha
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Mazoscolopendra richardsoni n. gen., n. sp.
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Mundel 1979 | |||||||||
FMNH PE 22936, 29002, 28606, 32244 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Paoliida
- Anthracoptilidae
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Adiphlebia lacoana
Scudder 1885
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Béthoux 2009 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 3416, 60291 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Geraridae
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Nacekomia rossae n. gen., n. sp.
Richardson 1956
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Richardson 1956 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH PE 791 (coll. Lillian Ross, 1948, from strip-mine area) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Gerarus vetus
Scudder 1885
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Burnham 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 32022, 32024 | ||||||||||
Gerarus danielsi
Handlirsch 1906
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Burnham 1983 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 5276, 31973, 31988, 32023, 32027, 32029, 32031 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Omaliaidae
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Anthrakoris aetherius n. gen., n. sp.
Richardson 1956
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Richardson 1956 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH PE145 (donated 1951, Mazon Creek area, not strip-mine type) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Palaeodictyoptera
- Spilapteridae
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Bizarrea obscura n. gen., n. sp.
Prokop et al. 2015
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Prokop et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH PE 11269 (ex. Gertrude Hannen coll.) | ||||||||||
Homaloneura cf. dabasinskasi
Carpenter 1964
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Prokop et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH PE 11268 (ex. Gertrude Hannen coll.) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Palaeodictyoptera
- Homoiopteridae
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Mazonopterum wolfforum
Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983
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Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 32042, unnumbered Herdina specimen (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Syntonopteridae
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Lithoneura carpenteri n. sp.
Richardson 1956
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Richardson 1956 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Lithoneura mirifica | ||||||||||
FMNH 45248 (coll. Heinz Lowenstam, 1938) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Meganisoptera
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Alanympha richardsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Kukalova-Peck 2009
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Kukalova-Peck 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 29407 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
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Carbonympha herdinai n. gen., n. sp.
Kukalova-Peck 2009
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Kukalova-Peck 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 31972 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Eoblattida
- Idelinellidae
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Rasstriga americana n. gen., n. sp.
Aristov and Rasnitsyn 2012
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Aristov and Rasnitsyn 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH 26367 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Eoblattida
- Protophasmatidae
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Nectoptilus mazonus n. gen., n. sp.
Béthoux 2005
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1 individual | |||||||||
FMNH PE 31978 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Protophasma galtieri n. sp.
Béthoux and Schneider 2010
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Béthoux and Schneider 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FMNH PE 52174 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Palaeocaridacea
- Palaeocarididae
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Palaeocaris typus
Meek and Worthen 1865
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Perrier et al. 2006 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 23237, 37957, 39796 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Ricinulei
- Poliocheridae
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Poliochera sp.
Scudder 1884
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Selden 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 29375 | ||||||||||
Poliochera punctulata
Scudder 1884
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Selden 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 32206 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Ricinulei
- Curculioididae
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Curculioides mcluckiei
Selden 1992
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Selden 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 780 | ||||||||||
Curculioides gigas n. sp.
Selden 1992
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Selden 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 784 | ||||||||||
Amarixys stellaris n. sp.
Selden 1992
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Selden 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PE 32184 | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Helenodora inopinata
Thompson and Jones 1980
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Murdock et al. 2016 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
FMNH PE 13966, 33380, 33822, 45049, 49784 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Illinois |
Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 88.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.6° South, 23.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
Stage: | Moscovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
Key time interval: | Westphalian D | ||
Age range of interval: | 309.80000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Kewanee | Formation: | Carbondale | Member: | Francis Creek Shale |
Local section: | lower Francis Creek Member | Local bed: | lower Francis Creek Member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary,ferruginous lithified mudstone | ||
Lithology description: ironstone concretions | |||
Environment: | deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Geology comments: Illinois basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 112638 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham, C. Labandeira | Enterer: | J. Karr, L. Edwards, A. Delelli, M. Clapham, S. Schachat |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2011-07-14 07:28:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-14 07:28:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
36665. | O. Béthoux. 2005. Reassigned and new basal Archaeorthoptera from the Upper Carboniferous of Mazon Creek (IL, USA). Journal of Orthoptera Research 14(2):121-126 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |
Secondary references:
39962 | D. S. Aristov and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2012. Revision of the family Idelinellidae, with a review of the Permian Eoblattida (Insecta). Paleontological Journal 46:49-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40089 | O. Béthoux. 2009. The earliest beetle identified. Journal of Paleontology 83:931-937 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
51632 | O. Béthoux and J. W. Schneider. 2010. Description of a hind wing of a new basal Archaeorthoptera (Mazon Creek, IL; Pennsylvanian). Alavesia 3:81-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
39055 | L. Burnham. 1983. Studies on Upper Carboniferous insects: 1. The Geraridae (Order Protorthoptera). Psyche 90:1-57 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
58939 | C. B. Cameron. 2016. Saccoglossus testa from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian of Illinois) and the evolution of acorn worms (Enteropneusta: Hemichordata). Palaeontology 59:329-336 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
52535 | J. T. Hannibal and R. M. Feldmann. 1981. Systematics and functional morphology of oniscomorph millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) from the Carboniferous of North America. Journal of Paleontology 55:730-746 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
41600 | J. Kukalova-Peck. 2009. Carboniferous protodonatoid dragonfly nymphs and the synapomorphies of Odonatoptera and Ephemeroptera (Insecta: Palaeoptera). Palaeodiversity 2009(2):169-198 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards] | |
41251 | J. Kukalová-Peck and E. S. Richardson. 1983. New Homoiopteridae (Insecta: Paleodictyoptera) with wing articulation from Upper Carboniferous strata of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61:1670-1687 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham] | |
66370 | P. Mundel. 1979. The centipedes (Chilopoda) of the Mazon Creek. In M. H. Nitecki (ed.), Mazon Creek Fossils 361-378 [C. Labandeira/S. Schachat] | |
60561 | D. J. E. Murdock, S. E. Gabbott, and M. A. Purnell. 2016. The impact of taphonomic data on phylogenetic resolution: Helenodora inopinata (Carboniferous, Mazon Creek Lagerstätte) and the onychophoran stem lineage. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(19):1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
74882 | V. Perrier, J. M. C. Vannier, P. R. Racheboeuf, S. Charbonnier, D. Chabard and D. Sotty. 2006. Syncarid crustaceans from the Montceau Lagerstätte (Upper Carboniferous; France). Palaeontology 49:647-672 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/O. Alfaro] | |
57531 | J. Prokop, A. Nel, M. S. Engel, M. Pecharová, and T. Hörnschemeyer. 2016. New Carboniferous fossils of Spilapteridae enlighten postembryonic wing development in Palaeodictyoptera. Systematic Entomology 41:178-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen] | |
5117 | ETE 829 | E. S. Richardson. 1956. Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois. Fieldiana: Geology 12(2):3-76 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |
48817 | P. A. Selden. 1992. Revision of the fossil ricinuleids. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 83:595-634 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
51029 | H. M. Wilson and J. T. Hannibal. 2005. Taxonomy and trunk-ring architecture of pleurojulid millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Pleurojulida) from the Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America. Journal of Paleontology 79:1105-1119 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |