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Hesler Quarry, Parke County, Indiana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)39.747,-87.341
Co-ordinates Derivationnot explained
Given LocationIndiana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Parke County, Indiana, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Hesler Quarry, Mecca Quarry shaleZangerl R. (1981)Linton - Mecca Quarry shaleMecca Quarry shale, Liverpool cyclothem (Linton Formation). Des Moines series, Westphalian Upper C or Lower D, Upper Carboniferous."shale"315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Hesler Quarry, Parke CountyStahl B. J. (1980)Linton - Mecca Quarry Shale"shale"315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Glikmanius occidentalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Ctenacanthiformes : Ctenacanthidae : Glikmanius : Glikmanius occidentalis315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Heslerodus divergens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Ctenacanthiformes : Heslerodidae : Heslerodus : Heslerodus divergens315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Iniopteryx rushlaui
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Iniopterygia : Iniopterygidae : Iniopteryx : Iniopteryx rushlaui315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Promexyele peyeri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Iniopterygia : Iniopterygidae : Promexyele : Promexyele peyeri315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Orodus micropterygius
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orodontiformes : Orodontidae : Orodus : Orodus micropterygius315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Stethacanthulus meccaensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Symmoriiformes : Symmoriidae : Stethacanthulus : Stethacanthulus meccaensis315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Stethacanthus altonensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Symmoriiformes : Symmoriidae : Stethacanthus : Stethacanthus altonensis315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Stahl B. J. (1980) Non-Autostylic Pennyslvanian Iniopterygian Fishes, Palaeontology 23 2, 315-324
Zangerl R. (1981) Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a
Williams M. E. (1985) The "Cladodont level" sharks of the Pennsylvanian black shales of central North America, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 190, 83-158
Ginter M., Ivanov A., et al (2005) The revision of "Cladodus" occidentalis, a late Palaeozoic ctenacanthiform shark, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 3, 623-631
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