Lexington, Cherokee shale: Moscovian, Missouri

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Prioniodus dactylodus n. sp. Gunnell 1933
Prioniodus cacti n. sp. Gunnell 1933
Lonchodus ? simplex
Synprioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1926
Lonchodina sp.
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus fustiformis n. sp. Gunnell 1933
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Missouri
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 93.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.0° South, 28.6° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Moscovian
Age range of interval:315.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cherokee
Stratigraphy comments: Cherokee Shale, overlying Lexington coal
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Gunnell Collection no. 4
Metadata
Database number:132615
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Modifier:P. Vazquez Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-23 05:22:23 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-23 05:22:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42708. F. H. Gunnell. 1933. Conodonts and fish remains from the Cherokee, Kansas City, and Wabaunsee Groups of Missouri and Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):261-297 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]