USGS Loc 13641, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation: Noginskian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia sp.
Waagen 1884
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Meekellidae
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Meekella striatocostata
(Cox 1857)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetes granulifer
Owen 1852
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51 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus prattenianus
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus huecoensis
(King 1931)
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Paucispiniferidae
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Marginifera cf. wabashensis
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer sp.
Fredericks 1919
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer kentuckensis
(Shumard 1855)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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1 individual | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Listed as Incrusting and Massive forms of Bryozoan | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
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Trepostomata indet.
Ulrich 1882
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| Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"] | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lophophyllidae
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Lophophyllidium sp.
Grabau 1928
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Schwagerinidae
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Triticites pointensis
Thompson 1954
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Fusulinidae
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Fusulinidae indet.
Moeller 1878
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Jackson |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 96.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° South, 27.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Gzelian |
| *International age/stage: | Noginskian | ||
| Key time interval: | Noginskian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 276.8 - 264.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Admire | Formation: | Janesville Shale | Member: | Five Point Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The authors placed the Five Point LS member of the Janesville Shale in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. The collection comes from the shale between the upper and lower limestones of the Five Point member at this locality. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Fossils collected from shale between upper and lower limestone beds. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11303 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-08-03 12:46:59 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-03 12:46:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4157. | M. R. Mudge, E. L. Yochelson, R. C. Douglas, H. Duncan, H. L. Strimple, M. Gordon, Jr., and D. H. Dunkle. 1962. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Uppermost Pennsylvanian and Lowermost Permian Rocks in Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 323:1-213 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner] |