ammonites
Loc. 46. Vansant mine, ~2.5 miles northeast of La Due (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Henry County, Missouri (38.3° N, 93.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 28.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tiawah Limestone Member (Cabaniss Formation), Desmoinesian (313.8 - 305.9 Ma)

• Given as Scammon formation within Cabaniss subgroup; this is the updated taxonomy.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and concretionary shale

• algal limestone overlying concretionary shale

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 75870: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.11.2007