Little Elk Creek, near Piedmont: Moscovian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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cf. Cladodus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| BCGM 2936-37, SDSM 26054-55 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Holmesella quadrata
Gunnel 1931
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| BCGM 2931, BCGM 4747, BCGM 4748 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Symmoriiformes
- Symmoriidae
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Petrodus patelliformis
McCoy 1848
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| BCGM 2932, BCGM 2933, BCGM 2950, SDSM 26051-53 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Listracanthidae
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Listracanthus histrix
(Newberry and Worthen 1870)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Listracanthus hystrix | ||||||||||
| BCGM 2934, 2935, SDSM 26057-58 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Eugeneodontiformes
- Edestidae
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Edestus sp.
Leidy 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BCGM 2938 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Eugeneodontiformes
- Caseodontidae
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Caseodus aff. eatoni
Zangerl 1981
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| BCGM 2942-49 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Janassidae
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Janassa sp.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| BCGM 2939-41 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Meade |
| Coordinates: | 44.2° North, 103.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.2° North, 31.6° 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
| Formation: | Minnelusa | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils were recovered from green and gray silty shale referred to as the Petrodus II bed by Elder (1993). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green calcareous "shale" |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | acetic |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Bob Campbell Geology Museum (BCGM), Clemson University, South Carolina. Additional specimens are housed at the Musemum of Geology (SDSM), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Collected during field trips by the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132341 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-14 13:29:30 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-14 13:29:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42602. | D. J. Cicimurri and M. D. Fahrenbach. 2002. Chondrichthyes from the Upper Part of the Minnelusa Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian: Desmoinesian) Meade County, South Dakota. Proceedings of the south Dakota Academy of Science 81:81-92 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham] |