Mazon Creek (Illinois State Museum collection): Westphalian D, Illinois

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Eophrynidae
Pleophrynus ensifer n. gen., n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1945
Petrunkevitch 1945 1 specimen
ISM 14873
Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae
Architarbus rotundatus Scudder 1868
Petrunkevitch 1945 1 specimen
ISM 14871
Orthotarbus robustus n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1945
Petrunkevitch 1945 5 specimens
ISM 14863, 14865, 14867, 14874, 14878
Discotarbus deplanatus Petrunkevitch 1913
Petrunkevitch 1945 1 specimen
ISM 14869
Paratarbus carbonarius n. gen., n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1945
Petrunkevitch 1945 1 specimen
ISM 14864
Ootarbus pulcher n. gen., n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1945
Petrunkevitch 1945 3 specimens
ISM 14861, 14868, 14870
Ootarbus ovatus n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1945
Petrunkevitch 1945 1 specimen
ISM 14866
Arachnida - Ricinulei - Curculioididae
Curculioides gracilis n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1945
Petrunkevitch 1945 1 specimen
recombined as Amarixys gracilis
ISM 14862 (Langford collection)
Malacostraca - Palaeocaridacea - Palaeocarididae
Palaeocaris typus Meek and Worthen 1865
Perrier et al. 2006 5 specimens
ISM 14833, 14842, 14845, 14846 14849
Myriapoda - Pleurojulida - Pleurojulidae
Pleurojulus cf. biornatus Fritsch 1899
Wilson and Hannibal 2005 1 specimen
ISM 14855
Insecta - Syntonopteridae
Lithoneura mirifica n. sp. Carpenter 1943
1 specimen
ISM 14880 (Langford collection) (1 measurement)
Syntonoptera schucherti Handlirsch 1911
1 specimen
ISM 14881 (Langford collection)
Insecta - Meganisoptera
Dragonympha srokai n. gen., n. sp. Kukalova-Peck 2009
Kukalova-Peck 2009 1 specimen
ISM 004 ab (2 measurements)
Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae
Thesoneura americana n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter 1943
1 specimen
ISM 14876 (Langford collection) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae
Adiphlebia lacoana Scudder 1885
Kukalová-Peck and Beutel 2012 2 specimens
ISM 14886a, 14890 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Parmapteridae
Heterologus langfordorum n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter 1943
1 specimen
ISM 14879 (Langford collection) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protorthoptera - Eucaenidae
Teneopteron mirabile n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter 1943
1 specimen
synonym of Eucaenus ovalis
ISM 14887 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois County:Grundy
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 88.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.7° South, 23.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Westphalian D
Age range of interval:309.80000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kewanee Formation:Carbondale Member:Francis Creek Shale
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,ferruginous lithified mudstone
Lithology description: ironstone concretions
Environment:deltaic indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: Illinois basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Illinois State Museum. Many specimens are from a large collection of nodules collected by George Langford Sr. and George Langford Jr.
Metadata
Database number:133734
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, L. Edwards
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-09-26 07:06:24 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-09-26 07:06:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4979.ETE 691F. M. Carpenter. 1943. Carboniferous insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3(1):9-24 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

41600 J. Kukalova-Peck. 2009. Carboniferous protodonatoid dragonfly nymphs and the synapomorphies of Odonatoptera and Ephemeroptera (Insecta: Palaeoptera). Palaeodiversity 2009(2):169-198 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards]
43126 J. Kukalová-Peck and R. G. Beutel. 2012. Is the Carboniferous †Adiphlebia lacoana really the “oldest beetle”? Critical reassessment and description of a new Permian beetle family. European Journal of Entomology 109:633-645 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74882 V. Perrier, J. M. C. Vannier, P. R. Racheboeuf, S. Charbonnier, D. Chabard and D. Sotty. 2006. Syncarid crustaceans from the Montceau Lagerstätte (Upper Carboniferous; France). Palaeontology 49:647-672 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/O. Alfaro]
9399 A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1945. Palaeozoic Arachnida of Illinois. An enquiry into their evolutionary trends. Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3(2):1-72 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]
5117ETE 829E. S. Richardson. 1956. Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois. Fieldiana: Geology 12(2):3-76 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
48817 P. A. Selden. 1992. Revision of the fossil ricinuleids. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 83:595-634 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51029 H. M. Wilson and J. T. Hannibal. 2005. Taxonomy and trunk-ring architecture of pleurojulid millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Pleurojulida) from the Pennsylvanian of Europe and North America. Journal of Paleontology 79:1105-1119 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]