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Area 3, Will County, Illinois, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	41.21,-88.22
Co-ordinates Derivation	not explained
Given Location	Illinois, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Will County, Illinois, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Braidwood, Mazon Creek (USNM coll)	Handlirsch A. (1906)	Carbondale - Francis Creek Shale		mudstone	311.45 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Area 3, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Company	Zangerl R. (1969)	Francis Creek Shale - Carbondale		"shale"	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Polysentor gorbairdi species	Polysentoridae : Polysentor : *Polysentor gorbairdi*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Insecta class	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta	311.45 - 306.95 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys peltigerus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Elonichthyidae : Elonichthys : *Elonichthys peltigerus*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys perpennatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Elonichthyidae : Elonichthys : *Elonichthys perpennatus*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Jimpohlia erinacea species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Bradyodontida : Jimpohlia : *Jimpohlia erinacea*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Similihariotta dabasinskasi species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Chimaeriformes : Chimaeridae : Similihariotta : *Similihariotta dabasinskasi*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Bandringa rayi species	Animalia : Chordata : Bandringidae : Bandringa : *Bandringa rayi*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Dabasacanthus inskasi species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Lonchidiidae : Dabasacanthus : *Dabasacanthus inskasi*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Mayomyzon pieckoensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Cephalaspidomorphi : Petromyzontiformes : Mayomyzon : *Mayomyzon pieckoensis*	315.2 - 307 Ma Carboniferous

Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640

Bardack D., Zangerl R. (1968) First Fossil Lamprey: A Record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois, Science 162 3859, 1265-1267

Zangerl R. (1969) Bandringa rayi: A New Ctenacanthoid Shark form the Pennsylvanian Essex Fauna of Illinois, Fieldiana Geology 12, 157-169

Zangerl R. (1979) New Chondrichthyes from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois, Mazon Creek Fossils, 449-500

Bardack D. (1979) Fishes of the Mazon Creek fauna, Mazon Creek Fossils, 501-528

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!