Nebraska City section, Upper Coal Measures (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Nebraska (40.7° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 27.6° W)

When: Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Upper Coal Measures at the Nebraska City section likely belong to Missouri Formation or Wabaunsee Formation.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. St. John. 1870. Descriptions of fossil fishes from the upper Coal-Measures of Nebraska. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(81):431-437 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132676: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
"? Xystrodus occidentalis n. sp." = Platyxystrodus occidentalis
"? Xystrodus occidentalis n. sp." = Platyxystrodus occidentalis St. John 1870 chimaera
 Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Deltodus sp. Morris and Roberts 1862 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Peripristis semicircularis Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
"Petalodus destructor" = Petalodus allegheniensis, "Chomatodus arcuatus n. sp." = Petalodus arcuatus
"Petalodus destructor" = Petalodus allegheniensis Leidy 1856 chimaera
"Chomatodus arcuatus n. sp." = Petalodus arcuatus St. John 1870 chimaera
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
"Cladodus mortifer" = Glikmanius occidentalis
"Cladodus mortifer" = Glikmanius occidentalis Leidy 1859 elasmobranch
 Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
"Diplodus compressus" = Orthacanthus compressus
"Diplodus compressus" = Orthacanthus compressus Newberry 1856 elasmobranch