Shumway Cyclothem, Mattoon Fm., Unit 10 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Effingham County, Illinois (39.1° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 22.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Idiognathodus simulator conodont zone, Shumway Limestone Member (Mattoon Formation), Virgilian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Unit 10, 24-62 cm thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, gray limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. H. Scheihing and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1980. Brachiopods of the suborder Strophomenidina from the Shumway Cyclothem, Mattoon Formation, Virgilian of Illinois. Journal of Paleontology 54(5):1017-1034 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49830: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 28.04.2005, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lissochenetes geinitzianus
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
calcareous and encrusting
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
subsp. dunbari and gibbosus
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Phricodothyris perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella tetrahedra
Wellerella tetrahedra Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita, Composita argentea
Composita argentea Shepard 1838
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya ? crassa" = Derbyia crassa
"Derbya ? crassa" = Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis, ? Pulchratia symmetrica
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Productida - Linoproductidae
? Linoproductus sp.
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Hystriculina texana
 Productida - Productellidae
"Antiquatonia cf. portlockiana" = Antiquatonia portlockianus, Kutorginella lasallensis
"Antiquatonia cf. portlockiana" = Antiquatonia portlockianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes cf. granulifer, Lissochonetes geinitzianus, Quadrochonetes geronticus
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestellid
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparolus (Amphiscapha) subrugosus" = Amphiscapha subrugosa
"Straparolus (Amphiscapha) subrugosus" = Amphiscapha subrugosa Meek and Worthen 1873 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
? Glabrocingulum sp.
? Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Ianthinopsis ? paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis, ? Ianthinopsis sp.
"Ianthinopsis ? paludinaeformis" = Strobeus paludinaeformis Hall 1858 snail
? Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp.
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima retifera" = Palaeolima retifera
"Lima retifera" = Palaeolima retifera Shumard and Swallow 1858 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten ohioensis
Pernopecten ohioensis Newell 1938 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Promytilus annosus, ? Lithophaga subelliptica, Volsellina subelliptica
? Promytilus annosus Newell 1942 mussel
subsp. annosus
? Lithophaga subelliptica Sayre 1931 mussel
Volsellina subelliptica Meek 1867 mussel
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras sexlineatum
Tainoceras sexlineatum Tucker 1976 nautiloid
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
"Pseudorthoceras knoxense" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense, "Mooreoceras ? normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense
"Pseudorthoceras knoxense" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
"Mooreoceras ? normale" = Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge scitula
Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
? Archaeocidaris sp.
? Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
unclassified
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Pelmatozoa indet.
Pelmatozoa indet. Leuckart 1848
columnals
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium proliferum
Lophophyllidium proliferum McChesney 1860 horn coral