Pit 11, Braidwood, Mazon Creek (Herdina coll): Westphalian D, Illinois
collected by Jerry Herdina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Kronoscorpionidae
Kronoscorpio danielsi (Petrunkevitch 1913)
Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 1 specimen
FMNH PE 32085 (formerly H563)
Insecta - Megasecoptera - Mischopteridae
Mischoptera douglassi Carpenter and Richardson 1968
Carpenter and Richardson 1968 1 specimen
No. 411
Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Lycocercidae
Lycodemas adolescens n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter and Richardson 1971
1 specimen
H413
Lycodemas cf. adolescens Carpenter and Richardson 1971
1 specimen
H110
Insecta - Protorthoptera - Eucaenidae
Eucaenus ovalis Scudder 1885
Carpenter and Richardson 1976 3 specimens
FMNH PE 31959 (H417), 32065 (H212), 32067 (H213)
Insecta - Protorthoptera - Herdinidae
Herdina mirificus n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter and Richardson 1971
1 specimen
H412 (2 measurements)
Priapulidae
Priapulites konecniorum Schram 1973
Schram 1973 1 specimen
H125
unclassified
Nemavermes mackeei Schram 1973
Schram 1973 1 specimen
H124
    = Metazoa indet. Haeckel 1874
McCoy et al. 2023
synonym of Animalia
Examined specimens belong to multiple taxa, so identity of others is unclear
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 88.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.8° South, 23.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Collectors:Jerry Herdina
Metadata
Database number:122538
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-02 16:57:07 Last modified:2015-04-10 23:35:37
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-02 16:57:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4991.ETE 703F. M. Carpenter and E. S. Richardson. 1971. Additional insects in Pennsylvanian concretions from Illinois. Psyche 78:267-295 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

4990ETE 702F. M. Carpenter and E. S. Richardson. 1968. Megasecopterous nymphs in Pennsylvania concretions from Illinois. Psyche 75(4):295-309 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
4992ETE 704F. M. Carpenter and E. S. Richardson. 1976. Structure and relationships of the Upper Carboniferous insect, Eucaenus ovalis (Protorthoptera: Eucaenidae). Psyche 83:223-242 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
49610 E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
87342 V. E. McCoy, J. Wittry, H. Sadabadi and P. Mayer. 2023. A reappraisal of Nemavermes mackeei from the Mazon Creek fossil site expands Carboniferous cyclostome diversity. Journal of Paleontology 97:1116-1132 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55009 F. R. Schram. 1973. Pseudocoelomates and a nemertine from the Illinois Pennsylvanian. Journal of Paleontology 47:985-989 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]