Upper Burlington Limestone, Illinois-Iowa-Missouri (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Iowa (40.0° N, 91.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 35.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Burlington Limestone Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: W. I. Ausich and T. W. Kammer. 1991. Late Osagean and Meramecian Actinocrinites (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the Mississippian stratotype region. Journal of Paleontology 65(3):485-499 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37838: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 25.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae