Fulton County, South of Galesburg (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Fulton County, Illinois (40.6° N, 90.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 25.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Carbondale Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• From a black shale above the Springfield (no. 5) coal: Carbondale formation, Desmoines Series, Pennsylvanian.

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale

• Preserved in a fragment of siderite concretion from a black shale aove the Springfield (no. 5) Coal.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Fred. R. Jelliff; reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: R. Zangerl. 1997. Cervifurca nasuta n. gen. et sp., an Interesting Member of the Iniopertygidae (Subterbranchialia, Chondrichthyes) from the Pennsylvanian of Indiana, USA. Fieldiana Geology, New Series 35:1-23 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132241: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 10.08.2012

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Chondrichthyes
 Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae
Cervifurca nasuta
Cervifurca nasuta Zangerl 1997 cartilaginous fish
FMNH PF11378