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February 23, 2011

Mazon Creek Fossil Invertebrates

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  • Annelida - Polychaeta - Phyllodocida   Dryptoscolex matthiesaeSpecimen PE 12491 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Echiura -(spoon worms)   Coprinoscolex ellogimusSpecimen PE 12964 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Problematica   Tullimonstrum gregarium Richardson 1966(Tully Monster)Specimen PE 13867 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Nematoda -(ribbon worms)   Nemavermes mackeeiSpecimen PE 21551 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Annelida - Polychaeta - Eunicida   Esconites zelusSpecimen PE 22881 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Annelida - Polychaeta - Phyllodocida   Rutellifrons wolfforumSpecimen PE 22898 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Echiura -(spoon worms)   Coprinoscolex ellogimusSpecimen PE 32583 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Annelida - Polychaeta - Phyllodocemorpha(bristle worms)   Levisettius sp.Specimen PE 33384 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Myriapoda - Arthropleuridea   Arthropleura cristataSpecimen PE 5262 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Myriapoda - Diploda(millipedes)   Hexecontasoma carinatumSpecimen PE 23487 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Myriapoda - Diploda - Euphoberiida(millipedes)   Acantherpestes majorSpecimen PE 25432 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Onychophora -(velvet worms)   Helenodora inopinataSpecimen PE 29049 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Insecta - Blattodea(cockroaches)   Adeloblatta columbianaSpecimen PE Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Insecta - Blattodea(cockroaches)   Adeloblatta columbiana    previously Progonoblattina columbianaSpecimen UC 6388 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Euthycarcinoidea - Euthycarcinoida(extinct group)   Kottixerxes gloriosusSpecimen PE 27874 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Insecta - Protorthoptera    Eucaenus mazonusSpecimen UC 9243 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Euthycarcinoidea - Euthycarcinoida   Kottixerxes gloriosusSpecimen PE 27873 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda -Myriapoda - Chilopoda(centipedes)   Mazoscolopendra richardsoniSpecimen PE 29002 (paratype) Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda -Myriapoda -Diplopoda(millipedes)   Pleurojulus sp.Specimen PE 32282 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Chelicerata - Xiphosurida   Euproops danaeSpecimen P 29181 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Media for Mazon Creek Fossil Invertebrates

    Photographer(s): Unspecified (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Myriapoda -Diplopoda   Eileticus aequalisSpecimen PE 789 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Crustacea -Malacostraca   Kallidecthes richiardsoniSpecimen PE 9771 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Crustacea - Malacostraca   Mamayocaris jaskowskiiSpecimen PE 25499 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Crustacea - Malacostraca   Tyrannophontes theridion(mantis shrimp)Specimen PE 25507 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Chelicerata - Eurypterida   Adelophthalmus mazonensisSpecimen PE 32377 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Chelicerata - Eurypterida   Adelophthalmus mazonensisSpecimen PE 32378 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Crustacea - Malacostraca   Belotelson sp.Specimen PE 34275 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Crustacea - Malacostraca   Palaeocaris typusSpecimen PE 37976 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera   Eubleptus danielsiSpecimen PE 40223 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda - Chelicerata - Arachnida    Triangulotarbus terrehautensisSpecimen PE 40269 Lower Shelburn Foramtion - Sandy Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Terre Haute, Indiana

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Arthropoda -  Chelicerata - Arachnida   Kustarachne sulcataSpecimen UC 9235 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Echinodermata - Holothuroidea - Apodida - Achistridae   Achistrum sp.Specimen PE 20866 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 Million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Mollusca - Bivalvia - Pholadomyoida - Edmondiidae     Edmondia aspinwallensisSpecimen PE 22318 Carbondale Formation, Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Mollusca - Bivalvia - Pholadomyoida - Edmondiidae   Edmondia sp.Specimen PE 35631 Carbondale Formation, Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Mollusca - Bivalvia - Pholadomyoida - Edmondiidae   Edmondia sp.Specimen PE 56926 Above Croweburg Coal Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian Windsor, Missouri

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Mollusca - Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Wiedeyoceratidae   Wiedeyoceras sp.Specimen PE 11157 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Mollusca - Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae   Bactrites sp.Specimen PE 25584 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

  • Cnidaria - Hydrozoa - Hydroida   Mazohydra sp.Specimen PE 32074 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian(~305 million years ago) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

    Photographer(s): P. S. Mayer (c) (c) Unspecified

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Annelida - Polychaeta - Phyllodocida   Dryptoscolex matthiesaeSpecimen PE 12491 Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale Member Paleozoic - Middle Pennsylvanian (~305 million years old) Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

Photographer(s):P. S. Mayer(c) (c) Unspecified