Where: Henry County, Missouri (38.5° N, 93.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 28.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wier-Pittsburg Coal Member (Cabaniss Formation), Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 Ma)

• Given as Wier-Pittsburg Coal within Wier formation within Cabaniss subgroup; this is the updated taxonomy.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; silty shale and coal

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: U. Missouri

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 1961. Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri. Missouri University Studies 36:1-262 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70383: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.03.2007