USGS Loc. 13592: Noginskian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Fusulinidae
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Fusulinidae indet.
Moeller 1878
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| Fragments and individuals in limestone | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 96.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° North, 26.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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 | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Placed in the Virgilian stage, which is determined to be equivalent to the Noginskian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Fusulinid tests make up large portion of the limestone. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tarkio LS member, Zeandale Fm | ||
| Database number: | 11492 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-08-17 09:06:24 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-17 09:06:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
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] |