Leeds Quarry, Winterset Limestone (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Missouri (39.1° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 27.6° W)

When: Dennis Formation (Kansas City Group), Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Kansas City group, basal shale of Winterset limestone

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Gunnell Collection

Primary reference: F. H. Gunnell. 1933. Conodonts and fish remains from the Cherokee, Kansas City, and Wabaunsee Groups of Missouri and Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):261-297 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132618: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus vadosus n. sp. Gunnell 1933 conodont
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Holmesella parallelata n. sp. Gunnell 1933 elasmobranch
Holmesella equilaterata n. sp. Gunnell 1933 elasmobranch