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Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna

Mollusks

Chitons, Gastropods, and Cephalopods


Chitons

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                     Note: The image above left is of Stenoplax sp., a living Pacific chiton from the San Diego, California, area.

Glaphurochiton concinnus - Richardson, 1956

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                                                       Above and below: Glaphurochiton concinnus - C.Davis collection 
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                                                      Glaphurochiton concinnus, showing radula - J.Wittry collection
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     Glaphurochiton concinnus, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young          collection (detail to right showing radula and tubercles)
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                                                             J.Wittry collection
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                                                                    Field Museum collection
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                                                                                                                 R.Rock collection
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                                              Glaphurochiton concinnus - R.Rock collection (positve and negative halves)

Gastropods

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Naticopsis sp. - McCoy, 1844

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                           Naticopsis sp. - MIlwaukee Public Museum collection P26292.1 (detail below, showing growth lines)
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Euphemites richardsoni - Schindel and Yochelson, 1979

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                                Euphemites richardsoni, Chicago Academy of Sciences collection CHAS: Paleo: 2001.3.947.1,
                                                                  Figure 102.3 The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012

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                                              Euphemites richardsoni - R.Rock collection (positive and negative halves)
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                                                                            Braceville, IL - A.Young collection
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                                            Above and below: Euphemites richardsoni, Braceville, IL - A.Young collection
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Hypselentoma aff. perhumerosa - Schindel and Yochelson, 1979


Strobeus cf. primigenius - Conrad, 1835

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                                    Strobeus cf. primigenius on Essexella asherae, Chicago Academy of Sciences collection,
                                   CHAS: Paleo: 2001.3.958.2, Figures 103.2 and 167.4 The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012

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                Above and below: Strobeus cf. primigenius on Essexella asherae - R.Rock collection (positive and negative halves) 
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                                  Strobeus cf. primigenius on Essexela asherae, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection

Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp. - Schindel and Yochelson, 1979

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                        Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp., Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection (positive and negative halves)

Cephalopods

Wiedeyoceras sp.

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                        Weideyoceras sp. discoidal cephalopods, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P28701 and P28702.2

Jeletzkya douglassae - Johnson and Richardson, 1968

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                                         Science magazine, February 2, 1968, showing Jeletzkya douglassae on front cover

Ink Sacs


Saundersites illinoisensis - Doguzhaeva et al., 2007

Pohlsepia mazonensis - Kluessendorf and Doyle, 2000


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    • egg tempera on panel
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    • exhibition views
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  • Bio
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    • artist statements
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