USGS Loc. 14896: Noginskian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Stenolaemata
- Fenestrata
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Fenestrata indet.
(Elias and Condra 1957)
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| Listed as Fenestrate Bryozoans | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Myalina (Orthomyalina) sp.
Newell 1942
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus cf. wheeleri
(Swallow 1863)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Wabaunsee |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 96.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.0° South, 27.9° 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: | Wamego Shale | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Noginskian is equivalent to the Virgilian stage |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Wamego Shale member, Zeandale LS formation | ||
| Database number: | 11515 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-08-17 11:59:23 | Last modified: | 2017-03-04 00:01:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-17 11:59:23 |
| 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] |