Logan Quarry, Level J, Reserve Township: Moscovian, Indiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Iniopterygia
- Iniopterygidae
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Iniopteryx rushlaui
Zangerl and Case 1973
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Zangerl and Case 1973 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| FMNH PF-6660-61 | ||||||||||
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Promexyele peyeri
Zangerl and Case 1973
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Zangerl and Case 1973 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| FMNH PF2358, PF2510, PF6636, PF2364 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Iniopterygia
- Sibyrhynchidae
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Sibyrhynchus denisoni
Zangerl and Case 1973
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Zangerl and Case 1973 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| FMNH PF2363, PF2365, PF2632, PF6757 | ||||||||||
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Iniopera richardsoni
Zangerl and Case 1973
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Zangerl and Case 1973 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PF2359 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orodontiformes
- Orodontidae
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Orodus greggi n. sp.
Zangerl 1981
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Zangerl 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PF2201 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Eugeneodontiformes
- Eugeneodontidae
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Eugeneodus richardsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Zangerl 1981
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Zangerl 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PF2625 | ||||||||||
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Gilliodus orvillei n. sp.
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Zangerl 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PF8535 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Eugeneodontiformes
- Caseodontidae
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Caseodus eatoni n. sp.
Zangerl 1981
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Zangerl 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PF2520 ("large number in the Mecca fauna") | ||||||||||
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Ornithoprion hertwigi
Zangerl 1966
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FMNH PF-2656 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Indiana | County: | Parke |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 87.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.9° South, 23.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Moscovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Moscovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 315.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Staunton | Member: | Logan Quarry Shale | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Logan quarry, level J. Logan Quarry shale, Lower Wiley cyclothem (Staunton formation), approximately uppermost Westphalian, Pennsylvanian. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,gray "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131229 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-21 17:30:20 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-21 17:30:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42389. | R. Zangerl. 1966. A New Shark of the Family Edstidae, Ornithoprion hertwigi from the Pennsylvanian Mecca and Logan Quarry Shales of Indiana. Fieldiana Geology 16:1-44 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 42582 | R. Zangerl. 1981. Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii. In H.P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] | |
| 42568 | R. Zangerl and G. R. Case. 1973. Iniopterygia, a New Order of Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Pennsylvanian of North America. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 6:1-67 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham] |