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Ste. Genevieve, USA

Formation	Ste. Genevieve
Age:	339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Chesterian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	28

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Bed No. 8	Iroquois County, Illinois, USA	Ste. Genevieve
Greencastle	Putnam County, Indiana, USA	Ste. Genevieve
Elizabethtown	Hardin County, Kentucky, USA	Ste. Genevieve

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Bellerophon gibsoni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : *Bellerophon gibsoni*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Bellerophon spergensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : *Bellerophon spergensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Bellerophon monroensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : *Bellerophon monroensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Euphemus lentiformis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : *Euphemus lentiformis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Solenospira illinoiensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Solenospira : *Solenospira illinoiensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Euomphalus similis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Euomphalus : *Euomphalus similis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Cyclonema globosa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Microdomatidae : Cyclites : *Cyclonema globosa*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : *Platyceras*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Naticopsis wortheni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Strophostylus : *Naticopsis wortheni*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Eotrochus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pseudophoridae : *Eotrochus*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Micromphalus turris species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Micromphalus : *Micromphalus turris*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Ptychomphalus fountainensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Streptacididae : Donaldina : *Ptychomphalus fountainensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Solenospira pygmaea species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Streptacididae : Donaldina : *Solenospira pygmaea*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Ptychomphalus depressus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Dictyotomaria : *Ptychomphalus depressus*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Ptychomphalus wortheni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Dictyotomaria : *Ptychomphalus wortheni*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Bembexia waterlooensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Euconospira : *Bembexia waterlooensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Loxonema wortheni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeozygopleuridae : Palaeozygopleura : *Loxonema wortheni*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Bulimorpha whitfieldi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Bulimorpha : *Bulimorpha whitfieldi*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Leptoptygma fountainensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Soleniscidae : Leptoptygma : *Leptoptygma fountainensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Girtyspira pygmaea species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Meekospiridae : Girtyspira : *Girtyspira pygmaea*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Meekospira minuta species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Meekospiridae : Meekospira : *Meekospira minuta*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Naticopsis waterlooensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Naticopsidae : Naticopsis : *Naticopsis waterlooensis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Mourlonia minuta species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Baylea : *Mourlonia minuta*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Ptychomphalus sinuatus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Baylea : *Ptychomphalus sinuatus*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous
Portlockiella kentuckyensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Portlockiellidae : Portlockiella : *Portlockiella kentuckyensis*	345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous
Oxyprora mesialis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Bransoniidae : Oxyprora : *Oxyprora mesialis*	339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous

References

White C. A. Fossils of the Indiana focks, no. 2, Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History 11, 347-401

Weller S. (1916) Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois, Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1, 243-265

Knight J. B. (1945) Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda, Journal of Paleontology 19 6, 573-587

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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