PBDB Collection

Mazon Creek (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Grundy County, Illinois (41.0° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 24.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Primary reference: H. W. Pfefferkorn. 1979. High diversity and stratigraphic age of the Mazon Creek flora (In M. Nitcki (ed.)). Mazon Creek Fossils. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL USA 129-142 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11189: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon, Mark Uhen, Martin Smith and Roy Plotnick

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Pfefferkorn 1979 compiled a list of genera (all plant organs) to compare Mazon Creek diversity to 3 other localities of similar age. This is a very general list integrating all MC pits, so need to add more Mazon Creek collections that parse out the taxon occurrences by pit. Check with Pfefferkorn to see if he has such data. Also Noe's papers.

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unclassified
-	Redstockia sp. Redstockia sp.
Neuropteridae
- Neuropteridae	Linopteris sp. Linopteris sp. Presl 1838

Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae	Lepidophloios sp., Lepidodendron sp. Lepidophloios sp. Sternberg 1825 Lepidodendron sp. Sternberg 1820
Sigillariaceae
- Sigillariaceae	Sigillaria sp. Sigillaria sp. Brongniart 1822
Crossotheca
-	Crossotheca sp. Crossotheca sp. Zeiller 1883
Ginkgoopsida
Callistophytales -	Dicksonites sp. Dicksonites sp. Sterzel 1883
Desmopteris
-	Desmopteris sp. Desmopteris sp. Stur 1883

Radiatopses - Medullosaceae	Mariopteris sp., Neuropteris sp. Mariopteris sp. Zeiller 1879 Neuropteris sp. Brongniart 1828
Peltaspermopsida
Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae	Odontopteris sp. Odontopteris sp. Brongniart 1825
Alloiopteris
-	Alloiopteris sp. Alloiopteris sp. Potonie 1897
Callipteridium
-	Callipteridium sp. Callipteridium sp. Weiss 1870
Asolanus
-	Asolanus sp. Asolanus sp. Wood 1860
Sphenopteridae
- Sphenopteridae	Sphenopteris sp. Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
Dactylotheca
-	Dactylotheca sp. Dactylotheca sp. Zeiller 1883
Myriotheca
-	Myriotheca sp. Myriotheca sp. Zeiller 1883
Pteridopsida
Filicales -	Palmatopteris sp. Palmatopteris sp. Potonie 1893
Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniaceae	Oligocarpia sp. Oligocarpia sp. Goeppert 1841
Marattiales - Marattiidae	Renaultia sp., Zeilleria sp., Ptychocarpus sp. Renaultia sp. Stur 1883 Zeilleria sp. Kidston 1884 Ptychocarpus sp. Weiss 1869
- Osmundaceae	Stellatheca sp. Stellatheca sp. Danzea 1956
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Asterophyllites sp., Annularia sp. Asterophyllites sp. Brongniart 1828 Annularia sp. Sternberg 1821
Hymenophyllales - Polypodiidae	Eusphenopteris sp. Eusphenopteris sp. Weiss 1882
Schizaeales - Polypodiidae	Senftenbergia sp. Senftenbergia sp. Corda 1845
Pteropsida
Filicinae -	Pecopteris sp., "Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822 "Alethopteris sp." = Pecopteris (Alethopteris) Sternberg 1825
Pinopsida
Cordaitanthales -	Cordaites sp. Cordaites sp. Unger 1850
Euchelicerata
Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae	Adelophthalmus mazonensis³ Adelophthalmus mazonensis³ Meek and Worthen 1868 eurypterid

Hallucishaniids - Hallucigeniidae	Carbotubulus waloszeki² Carbotubulus waloszeki² Haug et al. 2012
Myxini
Myxiniformes -	Myxinikela siroka n. gen. n. sp.¹ Myxinikela siroka n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bardack 1991 hagfish

¹Bardack 1991; ²Haug et al. 2012; ³Plotnick 1997