Ace Hill, Plattsmouth, Queen Hill Shale (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Cass County, Nebraska (41.0° N, 95.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 26.7° W)

When: Lecompton Formation (Shawnee Group), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Queen Hill shale, Lecompton formation, Shawnee group, Virgil series, Stephanian A, Pennsylvanian

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gerard R. Case, WD White, W. Rushlau; reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: R. Zangerl and G. R. Case. 1973. Iniopterygia, a New Order of Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Pennsylvanian of North America. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 6:1-67 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132177: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 09.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae
Bobbodus schaefferi n. gen. n. sp.
Bobbodus schaefferi n. gen. n. sp. Zangerl 1981 chimaera
FMNH PF7292
 Iniopterygia - Sibyrhynchidae
Sibyrhynchus denisoni, Inioxyele whitei n. gen. n. sp.
Sibyrhynchus denisoni Zangerl and Case 1973 cartilaginous fish
FMNH PF7216, PF7224
Inioxyele whitei n. gen. n. sp. Zangerl and Case 1973 cartilaginous fish
FMNH PF6651