Where: Barton County, Missouri (37.5° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Scammon Shale Member (Cabaniss Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• Given as Scammon formation within Cabaniss subgroup; this is the updated taxonomy

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: U. Missouri

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 1961. Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri. Missouri University Studies 36:1-262 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70135: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.03.2007

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