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Plattsburg - Hickory Creek Shale, USA

FormationPlattsburg
MemberHickory Creek Shale
Age:306 - 303 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalMissourian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences32

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
I35 south of Lathrop Exit Clinton County, Missouri, USAPlattsburg - Hickory Creek Shale
US59 west of Kincaid Anderson County, Kansas, USAPlattsburg - Hickory Creek Shale
SH47 west of Altoona Wilson County, Kansas, USAPlattsburg - Hickory Creek Shale

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Composita sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Hustedia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Neoretziidae : Hustedia305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Rhipidomella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : Rhipidomella305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Wellerella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Wellerellidae : Wellerella305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Crurithyris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Neospirifer sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Neospirifer305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Punctospirifer sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Punctospiriferidae : Punctospirifer305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Derbyia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : Derbyia305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Chonetinella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Chonetinella305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Neochonetes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Neochonetes305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Polypora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Polypora305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Rhombopora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Rhabdomesidae : Rhombopora305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Tabulipora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Stenoporidae : Tabulipora305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Lophophyllidium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lophophyllidiidae : Lophophyllidium305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Crinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Echinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Girtycoelia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae : Girtycoelia305.9 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Malinky J. M., Heckel P. H. (1998) Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems, Palaios 13 4, 311-334 doi:10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0311:PATOFA>2.0.CO;2
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