West side of Old US169 (Swope Fm., Madison Co., IA): Missourian, Iowa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura sp. Knight 1930
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Condrathyris sp. Minato 1951
synonym of Phricodothyris
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Iowa County:Madison
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 94.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° South, 26.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Late/Upper Pennsylvanian
Stage:Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Missourian
Age range of interval:305.90000 - 303.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Swope Member:Hushpuckney 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:126
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]