Locality 13. Belt Line Ry. (T. R. R. A.), first cut south of Clayton road: Desmoinesian, Missouri
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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| Wagner 2023 | ||||||||||
| 2 USNM specimens | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Amphissitidae
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Amphissites centronotus
(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
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Knight 1928 | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Kirkbyidae
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Kirkbya laciniata n. sp.
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Knight 1928 | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiocyprididae
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Bythocypris pediformis n. sp.
Knight 1928
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Knight 1928 | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Bairdiidae
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Bairdia seminalis n. sp.
Knight 1928
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Knight 1928 | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Healdiidae
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Healdia limacoidea n. sp.
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Knight 1928 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Missouri | County: | St. Louis |
| Coordinates: | 38.6° North, 90.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.5° South, 26.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Desmoinesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 312.7 - 305.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Marmaton | Formation: | Fort Scott Limestone | Member: | Higginsville Limestone |
| Regional section: | St. Louis | Regional bed: | 90-100 ft | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: One label gives Henrietta formation limestone in Labette shale, which is outdated. The other gives upper Fort Scot Limestone within Henrietta, which matches Knight's assignment. (That is right below the Labette). This is now that Higginsville Limestone member of the Fort Scott Limestone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:All gastropods.... | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 148422 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, B. Seuss | Enterer: | P. Wagner, B. Seuss |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-20 06:08:20 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-20 06:08:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47668. | J. B. Knight. 1933. The location and areal extent of the Saint Louis Pennsylvanian outlier. American Journal of Science 25(145):25-48 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 74024 | J.B. Knight. 1928. Some Pennsylvanian Ostracodes from the Henrietta Formation of Eastern Missouri. Part I. Journal of Paleontology 2(3):229-267 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss] | |
| 74025 | J.B. Knight. 1928. Some Pennsylvanian Ostracodes from the Henrietta Formation of Eastern Missouri: Part II. Journal of Paleontology 2(4):318-337 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss] | |
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |