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Okaw - Glen Dean, Johnson County, Illinois, USA

GroupOkaw
FormationGlen Dean
Age:339 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalChesterian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences11

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Locality 12. North side of creekJohnson County, Illinois, USAOkaw - Glen Dean

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bellerophon chesterensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon chesterensis339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Cymatospira welleri
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : Cymatospira welleri339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Patellilabia chesterensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Patellilabia : Patellilabia chesterensis339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Orthonychia chesterense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cyrtoneritimorpha : Orthonychiidae : Orthonychia : Orthonychia chesterense339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyceras subrotundum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras subrotundum339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Euconospira sturgeoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Euconospira : Euconospira sturgeoni339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria chesterensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Salterospira : Pleurotomaria chesterensis339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Porcellia chesterensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Leveillia : Porcellia chesterensis339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyzona sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Goniasmatidae : Platyzona339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticopsidae : Naticopsis : Naticopsis (Naticopsis)339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Lepetopsis chesterensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Archinacellida : Metoptomatidae : Lepetopsis : Lepetopsis chesterensis339.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Thein M.L., Nitecki M.H. (1974) Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin, Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34, 1-238
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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