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