Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna
Arthropods
Higher Crustaceans - Class Malacostraca
Marine-Estuarine Shrimp
Tyrannophontes theridion - Schram, 1969
Mantis Shrimp
Tyrannophontes theridion, Field Museum collection
Two specimens of Tyrannophontes theridion, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P360827.1 and P359237
Tyrannophontes theridion, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Jansen collection
Kallidecthes richardsoni - Schram, 1969
Kallidecthes richardsoni, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P360821.1
Kallidecthes richardsoni, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Kallidecthes richardsoni, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P360823.1 and P360823.2
Kallidecthes richardsoni, Braceville, IL - K.Robitschek collection
Kallidecthes richardsoni, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
J.Wittry collection
Kallidecthes richardsoni, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P26102.1 and P25873.1
Belotelson magister - Packard, 1886
Above and below: Belotelson magister, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - R.Holm collection
photo by R.Holm
Belotelson magister, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P25881.1
Belotelson magister, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P25899.1 and P25899.2 (positive and negative halves)
Belotelson magister, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Two specimens of Belotelson magister, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P28725 and P28725
A.Young collection
Belotelson magister, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P26254.1
Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Belotelson magister, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Lobetelson mclaughlinae - Schram, 2006
Lobetelson mclaughlinae, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P25874.1 and P25874.2 (positive and negative halves)
Lobetelson mclaughlinae - R.Rock collection
Lobetelson mclaughlinae - R.Rock collection
Lobetelson mclaughlinae, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
J.Wittry collection
Lobetelson mclaughlinae, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Lobetelson mclaughlinae, Chicago Academy of Sciences collection
T.Williams collection
Peachocaris strongi - Brooks, 1962
Peachocaris strongi, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P25911.1
Two specimens of Peachocaris strongi, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P26115.1 and P360781.1
Peachocaris strongi, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P360779.1
Two specimens of Peachocaris strongi, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P26109.2 and P26261.1
Peachocaris strongi, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P26741.1
Essoidia epiceron - Schram, 1974
S-shrimp
Essoidia epiceron, J.Wittry collection
Essoidia epiceron, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection (positive and negative halves)
Essoidia epiceron, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Essoidia epiceron, J.Wittry collection
Essoidia epiceron, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P28106.1
Anthracophausia ingelsorum - Schram, 1976
Eucryptocaris asherorum - Schram, 1989
Hesslerella shermani - Schram, 1970
Hesslerella shermani, Milwaukee Public Museum P359238 (detail below)
Hesslerella shermani, J.Wittry collection
Hesslerella shermani, J.Wittry collection
Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
"Lobsters"
Anthracaris gracilis - Meek and Worthen, 1865
Anthracaris gracilis, Mazon River, Morris, IL - K.Robitschek collection (photo by K.RobitscheK)
Anthracaris gracilis - R.Rock collection
Anthracaris gracilis, Mazon River, Morris, IL - P.Anderson collection
Mamayocaris jaskoskii - Schram, 1974
Field Museum collection
Mamayocaris jaskowskii, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P359207
Mamayocaris jaskowskii, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P26118.1, P359246, and P359240
Mamayocaris jaskowskii, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - R.Coleman collection
Phyllocarids
Dithyrocaris sp.
Dithyrocaris sp., J.Wittry collection
Dithyrocaris sp., Milwaukee Public Museum collection P359226
Kellibrooksia macrogaster - Schram, 1973
Kellibrooksia macrogaster, Milwaukee Public Museum P359239.1 and P35239.2 (positive and negative halves)
Kellibrooksia macrogaster - R.Rock collection
Kellibrooksia macrogaster, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P25922.1 and P25922.2 (positive and negative halves)
Shrimp Molts
Various ghostly shrimp molts, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Belotelson magister molt, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P360812.1
Peachocaris strongi molt, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Belotelson magister molt, Milwaukee Public Museum P25881.1
Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Two Belotelson magister molts, Milwaukee Public Museum P26256.1 and P26259.1
Chicago Academy of Sciences collection
Belotelson shrimp molt, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Belotelson magister molt, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P25876.1
Indeterminate shrimp
Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
Undetermined marine shrimp, possibly Tyrannophontes theridion - R.Rock collection
Marine Shrimp Parts
Belotelson magister carapace, Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - M.Angkuw collection