Loc. 13637, Tarkio LS member, Zeandale LS formation: Noginskian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Fragments and individuals in limestone
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Shawnee
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 96.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.7° South, 27.7° 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
Formation:Zeandale Limestone Member:Tarkio Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Noginskian is equivalent to the Virgilian stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fusulinid tests make up a large portion of the limestone.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:11511
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-08-17 11:11:23 Last modified:2004-03-13 22:45:02
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-17 11:11:23
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]