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Marmaton - Fort Scott Limestone - Pawnee Limestone, Champaign County, Illinois, USA

GroupMarmaton
FormationFort Scott Limestone
MemberPawnee Limestone
Age:314 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalDesmoinesian - Gzhelian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
E and B Coal CompanyChampaign County, Illinois, USAMarmaton - Fort Scott Limestone - Pawnee Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Kewanee - Carbondale - Allenby Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal21
Kewanee - Carbondale - Briar Hill (No. 5A) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal36
Kewanee - Carbondale - Colchester (No. 2) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal, "shale"165
Kewanee - Carbondale - Danville (No. 7) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal108
Kewanee - Carbondale - Herrin (No. 6) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal107
Kewanee - Carbondale - Jamestown Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal33
Kewanee - Carbondale - Spring Lake Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal37
Kewanee - Carbondale - Springfield (No. 5) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal90
Kewanee - Carbondale - Summum (No. 4) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal122
Kewanee - Spoon323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal61
Kewanee - Spoon - Abingdon (?) Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal86
Kewanee - Spoon - DeKoven Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal44
Kewanee - Spoon - Muphysboro Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal67
Kewanee - Spoon - No. 1 Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal19
Kewanee - Spoon - Seelyville Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal42
Kewanee - Spoon - Wiley Coal323 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
coal34

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bellerophon incomptus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon incomptus313.8 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Pterochiton carbonarius
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Lepidopleuridae : Pterochiton : Pterochiton carbonarius313.8 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Stevens R. P. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from the Appalachia, Illinois and Michigan coal fields, American Journal of Science 25, 258-265
Gurley W. F. E. New Carboniferous fossils, Gurley Bulletin 2, 1-12
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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