Hesler Quarry, Mecca Quarry shale: Moscovian, Indiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Orodontiformes
- Orodontidae
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Orodus micropterygius n. sp.
Zangerl 1981
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FMNH PF8553 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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Symmorium reniforme
Cope 1893
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Williams 1985 | |||||||||
| FMNH PF2698-2700, 8197-8211, 8215, 8225-8240, 8243-8256 | ||||||||||
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= Glikmanius occidentalis
Leidy 1859
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Ginter et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Heslerodidae
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Phoebodus heslerorum
Williams 1985
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Williams 1985 | |||||||||
| synonym of Heslerodus divergens | ||||||||||
| FMNH PF312, 8170-72, 8175-78, 8180-8181, 8212, 8183, 8186-8187, 8190-8197, 8242 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Symmoriiformes
- Symmoriidae
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Stethacanthus altonensis
(St. John and Worthen 1875)
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Williams 1985 | |||||||||
| FMNH PF2688, 8224 | ||||||||||
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Denaea meccaensis
Williams 1985
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Williams 1985 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stethacanthulus meccaensis | ||||||||||
| FMNH PF2689-90, 3118, 3119, 3125-33, 3137-80, 7368-7409, 7412-19, 7428-29, 7431-34 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Indiana | County: | Parke |
| Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 87.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° South, 23.9° West |
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: | Linton | Member: | Mecca Quarry shale | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mecca Quarry shale, Liverpool cyclothem (Linton Formation). Des Moines series, Westphalian Upper C or Lower D, Upper Carboniferous. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132282 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-11 07:09:51 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-11 07:09:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42582. | R. Zangerl. 1981. Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii. In H.P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] |
Secondary references:
| 30294 | M. Ginter, A. Ivanov, and O. Lebedev. 2005. The revision of "Cladodus" occidentalis, a late Palaeozoic ctenacanthiform shark. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(3):623-631 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 42944 | M. E. Williams. 1985. The "Cladodont level" sharks of the Pennsylvanian black shales of central North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 190:83-158 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] |