Burlington (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Burlington limestone, Burlington

Where: Iowa (40.8° N, 91.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 35.5° W)

When: Burlington Formation, Osagean (353.8 - 342.8 Ma)

• Burlington limestone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Comparative Zoology

Primary reference: C. R. Eastman. 1903. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39:163-226 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133270: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 08.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Deltodus spatulatus Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera