Figure 3

Figure 3. Mississippian (and one Ordovician and Pennsylvanian,
 K and F) fossils from Missouri.

A, B, D, E: Dorsal spines and teeth of sharklike fishes,
                    St. Louis Limestone, St. Louis area.
A, B: Ctenacanthus, spines.
C: Globoblastus, a chert steinkern of a common Missouri
     Mississippian blastoid, Burlington Formation, Hannibal.
D: Cladotus; E: Polyrhizodus, teeth.
F: Temnocheilus sp., "spiked," coiled cephalopod
     from mollusk-bearing Pennsylvanian strata, St. Louis Co.
G: Crinoid calyx with hole possibly made by bite of sharklike
     fish such as Cladotus, Warsaw Formation, Lincoln Co.
H: Spirifer sp., internal mold of a common Missouri fossil
     preserved in chert, Burlington Formation, Fulton.
I:  Archimedes worthina, the spiral support of a lacy bryozoan
    common in the Warsaw Formation, Moscow Mills, Lincoln Co.
J, L: Crinoid calyx and coiled stem, Keokuk Limestone, Springfield.
M: Melonechinus sp., a "primitive" sea urchin, St. Louis Limestone,
     St. Louis area.
N: Lovenechinus missouriensis, a "primitive" Paleozoic echinoid
     from Osagianage strata of southwest Missouri.
K: Pionodema subaequata, a common brachiopod in the
     Middle Ordovician, Decorah Formation, Jefferson Co.

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Publication:  Missouri Fossils

Missouri Fossils: Menu
By: Bruce Stinchcomb