Locality 13. North of Cave Creek, 3½ miles southeast of Vienna: Chesterian, Illinois

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium chesterensis n. sp.
Weller 1920
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Lepetopsis sp. Whitfield 1882
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemus randolphensis n. sp. Weller 1920
Weller 1920
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon chesterensis n. sp. Weller 1920
Weller 1920
Bucanopsis ornatus n. sp. Weller 1920
Weller 1920
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira (Trepospira) chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Leptoptygma golconda Thein and Nitecki 1974
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois County:Johnson
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 89.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.1° South, 31.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Mississippian
10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 2-3
Key time interval: Chesterian
Age range of interval: 335.8 - 323.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Golconda
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Basal Beds; uppermost Gastperian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Taxonomic list comments:Remainder of Weller's 1920 list:
Triplophyllum spinulosum
Pentremites sp.
Pterotocrinus capitalis
Pterotocrinus sp.
Crinoid plates
Stenopora tuberculata
Fenestella (several species)
Archimedes sp.
Polypora sp.
Coeloconus sp.
Bryozoans (several undet. spec.)
Orthotetes kaskaskiensis (McChesney)
Productus ovatus Hall
Diaphragmus elegans (N. and P.)
Camarophoria explanata (McChesney)
Dielasma sp.
Spirlferlna spinosa (N. and P.)
Splrlfer increbescens var. americana
Splrifer increbescens var.
Martinia contracta (M. and W.)
Eumetrla vera (Hall)
Cltothyridlna sublamellosa (Hall)
Composita trinuclea (Hall)
Sphenotus sp. Cladodus Bp.
Nucula randolphensis n.sp.
Nucula platynotus n.sp.
Nucula sp.
Leda sp.
Parallelodon sp.
Myallna lip.
Myallna sp.
Schlzodus depressus
Schlzodus sp.
Schlzodus (?) BP;
Aviculopecten (several spedes)
Lepetopsls sp.
Ptychomphalus sp.
Ptychomphalus sp.
MIourlonla sp.
Holopea sp.
Orthoceras cf. okawense
Cycloceras cf. sequoyahensis
Cycloceras sp.
Nautilus sp.
Dlscitoceras sp.
Stroboceras sp.
Phillpsia sp.
Phillpsia sp.
Fish teeth (several species)
Metadata
Also known as:0.6 miles north of Berea School. W.M. 18-25. Stuart Weller 1920
Database number:59825
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-04-15 20:53:04 Last modified:2019-12-09 13:09:49
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-15 20:53:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15560. M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

16430 S. Weller. 1920. The geology of Hardin County and the adjoining part of Pope County. Bulletin of the Illinois State Geological Survey 41:1-416 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]