Where: Illinois (41.3° N, 88.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 23.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Francis Creek Shale Member (Carbondale Formation), Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Joseph Even in 1867
• Repository: University of Illinois Geological Museum
Primary reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1868. Preliminary notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus? and other fossils from the Coal-measures of Illinois. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 46:19-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152106: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Euphemerites affinis | |
Euphemerites affinis n. sp.3
Euphemerites affinis n. sp.3 Scudder 1868 | |
Euphemerites gigas | |
Euphemerites gigas n. sp.3
Euphemerites gigas n. sp.3 Scudder 1868 | |
Euphemerites simplex | |
Euphemerites simplex n. sp.3
Euphemerites simplex n. sp.3 Scudder 1868 | |
Polychaeta | |
Palaeocampa anthrax n. gen. n. sp.1
Palaeocampa anthrax n. gen. n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865 | |
Insecta | |
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Megathentomum pustulatum n. gen. n. sp.3
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Xiphosura | |
"Bellinurus danae n. sp." = Euproops danae1
"Bellinurus danae n. sp." = Euproops danae1 Meek and Worthen 1865 | |
Arachnida | |
Mazonia woodiana n. gen. n. sp.2
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Eoscorpius carbonarius n. gen. n. sp.
Eoscorpius carbonarius n. gen. n. sp. Meek and Worthen 1868 scorpion | |
Architarbus rotundatus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Malacostraca | |
Acanthotelson stimpsonii n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865
Acanthotelson inaequalis n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865 | |
Palaeocaris typus n. gen. n. sp.1
Palaeocaris typus n. gen. n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865 | |
Anthrapalaemon gracilis n. sp.1
Anthrapalaemon gracilis n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865 | |
Myriapoda | |
Euphoberia armigera n. gen. n. sp., Euphoberia granosa4, "Euphoberia major n. sp." = Acantherpestes major
Euphoberia armigera n. gen. n. sp. Meek and Worthen 1868 millipede
"Euphoberia major n. sp." = Acantherpestes major Meek and Worthen 1868 millipede | |
Anthracerpes typus n. gen. n. sp.1
Anthracerpes typus n. gen. n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865 |