Shale Hill, Midland Brick and Tile Co. quarry (Hertha Fm., Livingston Co., MO): Missourian, Missouri

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Missouri County:Livingston
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 93.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.0° South, 26.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Missourian
Age range of interval: 305.9 - 303.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hertha Member:Mound City Shale
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:118
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2006-08-07 00:47:13
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12. J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]