Nebraska City section, Upper Coal Measures: Kasimovian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
? Xystrodus occidentalis n. sp. St. John 1870
recombined as Platyxystrodus occidentalis
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Deltodus sp. Morris and Roberts 1862
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Chomatodus arcuatus n. sp. St. John 1870
recombined as Petalodus arcuatus
Petalodus destructor Newberry and Worthen 1870
synonym of Petalodus allegheniensis
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Peripristis semicircularis (Newberry and Worthen 1866)
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Diplodus compressus Newberry 1856
recombined as Orthacanthus compressus
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Cladodus mortifer Newberry and Worthen 1866
synonym of Glikmanius occidentalis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nebraska
Coordinates: 40.7° North, 95.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 27.6° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 5
Key time interval:Kasimovian
Age range of interval:307.00000 - 303.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Coal Measures at the Nebraska City section likely belong to Missouri Formation or Wabaunsee Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:132676
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-24 09:12:36 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-24 09:12:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

42728. 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]