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  • Acanthodes sp. Mazon Creek

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    Roby

    By Roby

    Taxonomy

    Acanthodes (spiny Fish)

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Acanthodii
    Order: Acanthodiformes
    Family: Acanthodidae
    Genus: Acanthodes
    Species: Acanthodes sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Carboniferous
    Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
    Epoch: Middle

    Stratigraphy

    Kewanee Group
    Carbondale Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Roby
    Date Collected: 03/01/2020
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    Pit 11, Torino Hill
    Illinois
    United States

    Comments

    Just opened April 19, 2020.  Lock down surprise.

     

    Identification source:
     

    Jack Wittry (2012). The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna. Esconi. 202 pgs., ISBN 978-0578111483.

    Page 134.

     

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    Archie

    Fantastic specimen!

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