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Kinkaid - Cave Hill, Johnson County, Illinois, USA

FormationKinkaid
MemberCave Hill
Age:326 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalArnsbergian
Lithologymudstone, "reef rocks"
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
GorevilleJohnson County, Illinois, USAKinkaid - Cave Hill
Buncombe QuarryJohnson County, Illinois, USAKinkaid - Cave Hill

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Archimedes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Archimedes326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Fenestella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Fenestella326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Microsauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Greererpeton sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Colosteidae : Greererpeton326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Tranodis castrensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ctenodontidae : Tranodis : Tranodis castrensis326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Crinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous
Porifera
phylum
2Animalia : Porifera326.4 - 318.1 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Lombard E. R., Bolt J. R. (1999) Microsaur from the Mississippian of Illinois and a standard format for morphological characters, Journal of Paleontology 73 5, 908-923
Bolt J. R., Lombard R. E. (2001) The mandible of the primitive tetrapod Greererpeton, and the early evolution of the tetrapod lower jaw, Journal of Paleontology 75 5, 1016-1042
Lasemi Z., Norby R. D. (2003) Mississippian carbonate buildups and development of cool-water-like carbonate platforms in the Illinois Basin, Midcontinent U.S.A., in W. M. Ahr, P. M. Harris, W. A. Morgan, I. D. Somerville, eds., Permo-Carboniferous carbonate platforms and reefs. SEPM Special Publication 78, 69-95
Clack J. A., Milner A. R. (2015) Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 3A1: Basal Tetrapoda
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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