USGS Loc. 13439, Maple Hill LS member, Zeandale LS formation: Noginskian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Fusulinidae
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Fusulinidae indet.
Moeller 1878
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Fragments and individuals in limestone | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Wellerellidae
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Wellerella sp.
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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1 individual | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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1 individual | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Enteletidae
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Enteletes sp.
Waldheim 1825
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1 individual | |||||||||
Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia sp.
Waagen 1884
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetes granulifer
Owen 1852
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Wabaunsee |
Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 96.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 0.8° North, 26.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
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: | Maple Hill Limestone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Noginskian is equivalent to the Virgilian stage |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Fusulinids abundant in limestone | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
Database number: | 11541 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | C. Ferguson |
Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2001-08-20 12:11:41 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-20 12:11:41 |
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] |