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Mayer, Paul, Katherine Hodge, Dana Kahn, et al. "Interns and Volunteers Crucial in Curating and Digitizing Fossil Invertebrates in the Field Museum’s Fast Growing Mazon Creek Collection." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e25942. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25942.

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The Mazon Creek region in Northeastern Illinois is home to a Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 million years old) soft-bodied fossil Lagerstätte of animals and plants that lived along a subtropical swampy coastline. This area was strip mined for coal from 1928 to 1974 and museum geologists and amateur collectors acquired large fossil collections during this time by collecting and splitting millions of nodules unearthed at the mines. These large collections are important because of the rarity of many of the species in the Mazon Creek biota. There are about 250 described fossil invertebrate species fro

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Mayer, Paul, Katherine Hodge, Dana Kahn, et al. "Interns and Volunteers Crucial in Curating and Digitizing Fossil Invertebrates in the Field Museum's Fast Growing Mazon Creek Collection." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (July 5, 2018): e25942. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25942.

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The Mazon Creek region in Northeastern Illinois is home to a Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 million years old) soft-bodied fossil Lagerstätte of animals and plants that lived along a subtropical swampy coastline. This area was strip mined for coal from 1928 to 1974 and museum geologists and amateur collectors acquired large fossil collections during this time by collecting and splitting millions of nodules unearthed at the mines. These large collections are important because of the rarity of many of the species in the Mazon Creek biota. There are about 250 described fossil invertebrate species fro

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Foster, Merrill W. "The Illinois Mazon Creek Fossils." Rocks & Minerals 63, no. 4 (1988): 290–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00357529.1988.11761851.

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Mann, Arjan, and Hillary C. Maddin. "Diabloroter bolti, a short-bodied recumbirostran ‘microsaur’ from the Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek, Illinois." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, no. 2 (2019): 494–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz025.

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AbstractThe Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian; 309–307 Mya) ‘Mazon Creek’ Lagerstätte produces some of the earliest tetrapod fossils of major Palaeozoic lineages. Previously, the Mazon Creek record of ‘microsaurs’ was known from a single specimen. However, the lack of key anatomy, such as the skull, precluded a confident taxonomic assignment, thus only a suggested affinity to the microbrachimorph ‘microsaur’ Hyloplesion was determined. Recently several new tetrapod specimens collected from Mazon Creek have come to light, of which some have recumbirostran ‘microsaur’ affinity. Here we describe a new

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Mann, Arjan, Jason D. Pardo, and Hillary C. Maddin. "Infernovenator steenae, a new serpentine recumbirostran from the ‘Mazon Creek’ Lagerstätte further clarifies lysorophian origins." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, no. 2 (2019): 506–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz026.

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Abstract The Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian; 309–307 Mya) ‘Mazon Creek’ Lagerstätte produces some of the earliest tetrapod fossils of major Palaeozoic lineages. Previously, the Mazon Creek record of lysorophians was known from a single poorly preserved specimen consisting only of a partial vertebral column. Here we describe a new, virtually complete lysorophian genus and species, Infernovenator steenae gen. & sp. nov. on the basis of a unique combination of characters, including a near complete circumorbital series and the retention of a postfrontal. Parsimony-based phylogenetic analysis pla

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Tripp, Madison, Jasmina Wiemann, Jochen Brocks, Paul Mayer, Lorenz Schwark, and Kliti Grice. "Fossil Biomarkers and Biosignatures Preserved in Coprolites Reveal Carnivorous Diets in the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Ecosystem." Biology 11, no. 9 (2022): 1289. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11091289.

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The reconstruction of ancient trophic networks is pivotal to our understanding of ecosystem function and change through time. However, inferring dietary relationships in enigmatic ecosystems dominated by organisms without modern analogues, such as the Carboniferous Mazon Creek fauna, has previously been considered challenging: preserved coprolites often do not retain sufficient morphology to identify the dietary composition. Here, we analysed n = 3 Mazon Creek coprolites in concretions for dietary signals in preserved biomarkers, stable carbon isotope data, and macromolecular composition. Chol

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Mann, Arjan, Ami S. Calthorpe, and Hillary C. Maddin. "Joermungandr bolti , an exceptionally preserved ‘microsaur’ from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte reveals patterns of integumentary evolution in Recumbirostra." Royal Society Open Science 8, no. 7 (2021): 210319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210319.

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The Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-aged (309–307 Ma) Mazon Creek Lagerstätte produces some of the earliest fossils of major Palaeozoic tetrapod lineages. Recently, several new tetrapod specimens collected from Mazon Creek have come to light, including the earliest fossorially adapted recumbirostrans. Here, we describe a new long-bodied recumbirostran, Joermungandr bolti gen. et sp. nov., known from a single part and counterpart concretion bearing a virtually complete skeleton. Uniquely, Joermungandr preserves a full suite of dorsal, flank and ventral dermal scales, together with a series of thinn

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Rogers, Christopher S., Timothy I. Astrop, Samuel M. Webb, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, and Maria E. McNamara. "Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of melanosomes in vertebrates and cephalopods: implications for the affinity of Tullimonstrum." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286, no. 1913 (2019): 20191649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1649.

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Screening pigments are essential for vision in animals. Vertebrates use melanins bound in melanosomes as screening pigments, whereas cephalopods are assumed to use ommochromes. Preserved eye melanosomes in the controversial fossil Tullimonstrum (Mazon Creek, IL, USA) are partitioned by size and/or shape into distinct layers. These layers resemble tissue-specific melanosome populations considered unique to the vertebrate eye. Here, we show that extant cephalopod eyes also show tissue-specific size- and/or shape-specific partitioning of melanosomes; these differ from vertebrate melanosomes in th

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Cotroneo, S., J. D. Schiffbauer, V. E. McCoy, et al. "A new model of the formation of Pennsylvanian iron carbonate concretions hosting exceptional soft-bodied fossils in Mazon Creek, Illinois." Geobiology 14, no. 6 (2016): 543–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12197.

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Schultze, Hans-Peter. "The fossil fauna of Mazon Creek." Contributions to Zoology 67, no. 4 (1998): 277–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-06704005.

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Books on the topic "Mazon Creek Fossils"

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Carman, Mary R. Catalog of type, figured, and referred Mazon Creek fossils in private collections. Field Museum of Natural History, 1990.

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Matsuoka, Keiji. Catalogue of the Mazon Creek fossils preserved in Toyohashi Museum of Natural History. Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, 2002.

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W, Shabica Charles, and Hay Andy, eds. Richardson's guide to the fossil fauna of Mazon Creek. Northeastern Illinois University, 1997.

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Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois., ed. Keys to identify Pennsylvanian fossil plants of the Mazon Creek area. Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois, 1990.

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Hay, Andy. Keys to identify Pennsylvanian fossil animals of the Mazon Creek area. Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois, 1989.

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Bailey, J. Bowman. Paleobiology, paleoecology, and systematics of Solemyidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia:Protobranchia) from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Paleontological Research Institution, 2011.

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Nitecki, Matthew H. Mazon Creek Fossils. Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2013.

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Wittry, Jack. The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora. Esconi, 2006.

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Wittry, Jack. The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora. ESCONI Associates, 2006.

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Book chapters on the topic "Mazon Creek Fossils"

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Selden, Paul A., and John R. Nudds. "Mazon Creek." In Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems. Elsevier, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-404629-0.50008-8.

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"Mazon Creek." In Fossil Ecosystems of North America. CRC Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b15130-9.

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"Mazon Creek." In Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems, Second Edition. CRC Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b15128-9.

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Conference papers on the topic "Mazon Creek Fossils"

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Forbes, Claire M., and Cynthia R. Domack. "PALEONTOLOGY LABORATORY EXERCISE USING MAZON CREEK PLANT FOSSILS." In Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section and 51st North-Central Annual GSA Section Meeting - 2017. Geological Society of America, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2017ne-290454.

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Tripp, Madison, Jasmina Wiemann, Janet M. Hope, et al. "DIETARY BIOMARKERS PRESERVED IN CARBONIFEROUS MAZON CREEK COPROLITE FOSSILS." In GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Geological Society of America, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2021am-371113.

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Rosbach, Stephanie A., A. Drew Muscente, Jacalyn M. Wittmer, David A. Fike, Kevin L. Shelton, and James D. Schiffbauer. "PYRITE SULFUR ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF MAZON CREEK FOSSILS MAY PROVIDE CLUES ON NODULE FORMATION." In GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018. Geological Society of America, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018am-320473.

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Selly, Tara, Stephanie A. Rosbach, James D. Schiffbauer, and Jacalyn M. Wittmer. "COMPARING PRESERVATION OF DIFFERENT HISTOLOGIES: MAZON CREEK-TYPE FOSSILS OF THE SUN SPOT MINE, ILLINOIS, USA." In GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016. Geological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2016am-287667.

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Mayer, Paul. "THE FIELD MUSEUM AND THE EARTH SCIENCE CLUB OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS, THE PEOPLE BEHIND MANY MAZON CREEK FOSSIL DISCOVERIES." In GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California. Geological Society of America, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2024am-402581.

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McCoy, Victoria, Andrew Young, Jason Pardo, Hamed Sadabadi, Arjan Mann, and Tetsuto Miyashita. "EYES OR EYESPOTS: INVESTIGATION INTO THE VISUAL ORGANS OF GILPICHTHYS GREENEI, A STEM HAGFISH FROM THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS MAZON CREEK FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE." In GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Geological Society of America, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2023am-392515.

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