Loc. 14879, Wamego Shale member, Zeandale LS formation: Noginskian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus prattenianus
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetes granulifer
Owen 1852
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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1 individual | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Lyon |
| Coordinates: | 38.2° North, 96.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 28.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Noginskian is equivalent to the Virgilian stage | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shale above coal bed. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11525 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-08-20 09:14:51 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-20 09:14:51 |
| 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] |