Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection) (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

• Illinois basin
• ironstone concretions

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
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Euphemerites affinis n. sp.3 Scudder 1868
Euphemerites gigas
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Euphemerites gigas n. sp.3 Scudder 1868
Euphemerites simplex
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Euphemerites simplex n. sp.3 Scudder 1868
Polychaeta
 Amphinomida - Amphinomidae
Palaeocampa anthrax n. gen. n. sp.1
Palaeocampa anthrax n. gen. n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865
Insecta
 Protorthoptera -
Chrestotes lapidea n. gen. n. sp.3, "Miamia danae n. sp." = Chrestotella danae3
Chrestotes lapidea n. gen. n. sp.3 Scudder 1868 winged insect
"Miamia danae n. sp." = Chrestotella danae3 Scudder 1868 winged insect
 Dicondylia -
Megathentomum pustulatum n. gen. n. sp.3
Megathentomum pustulatum n. gen. n. sp.3 Scudder 1868 winged insect
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
"Bellinurus danae n. sp." = Euproops danae1
"Bellinurus danae n. sp." = Euproops danae1 Meek and Worthen 1865
Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Mazoniidae
Mazonia woodiana n. gen. n. sp.2
Mazonia woodiana n. gen. n. sp.2 Meek and Worthen 1868 scorpion
UI X-491
 Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Eoscorpius carbonarius n. gen. n. sp.
Eoscorpius carbonarius n. gen. n. sp. Meek and Worthen 1868 scorpion
 Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae
Architarbus rotundatus n. gen. n. sp.3
Architarbus rotundatus n. gen. n. sp.3 Scudder 1868 phalangiotarbid
Malacostraca
 Eumalacostraca - Acanthotelsonidae
Acanthotelson stimpsonii n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865
Acanthotelson inaequalis n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865
 Palaeocaridacea - Palaeocarididae
Palaeocaris typus n. gen. n. sp.1
Palaeocaris typus n. gen. n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865
 Eumalacostraca - Pygocephalidae
Anthrapalaemon gracilis n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865
Myriapoda
 Euphoberiida - Euphoberiidae
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 granosa4 Scudder 1882 millipede
Specimen figured as A in Meek & Worthen
"Euphoberia major n. sp." = Acantherpestes major Meek and Worthen 1868 millipede
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Anthracerpes typus n. gen. n. sp.1
Anthracerpes typus n. gen. n. sp.1 Meek and Worthen 1865