Speiser formation Wabaunsee Kansas 135 (Permian to of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (39.1° N, 96.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.0° N, 25.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Speiser Formation (Council Grove Group), Wolfcampian to Wolfcampian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)

• Speiser formation, 5.5-9.5' Below Treemile limestone membor of Wrefold formation of Chase Group

•According to Menning (2000) Wolfcamp is of Asselian/Sakmarian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green shale

• Olive grey to dark gray fissile shale..

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: K.M.M. Jizba. 1962. Late Paleozoic bissacate pollen from the United States midcontinent area. Journal of Paleontology 36(5):871-887 [C. Looy/C. Looy/C. Looy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24206: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 02.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Vesicaspora
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Vesicaspora schaubergeri
(Potonie and Klaus) Jizba 1962
Striatites
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Striatites richteri
(Klaus) Jizba 1962