USGS 14841, Section 3355.: Noginskian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer sp.
Fredericks 1919
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1 individual | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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5 individuals | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Echinoconchus cf. moorei
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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1 individual | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Cancrinella sp.
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1 individual | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetes granulifer
Owen 1852
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15 individuals | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia crassa
(Meek and Hayden 1858)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon singularis
Moore 1941
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2 individuals | ||||||
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cf. Bellerophon cf. graphicus
Moore 1941
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1 individual | ||||||
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Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata
(Gurley 1884)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia sp.
Möller 1842
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Greenwood |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 96.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.8° South, 28.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Local section: | 335 | Local bed: | 23.0 - 23.9 ft | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Noginskian is equivalent to the Virgilian stage | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Limestone, medium-hard, tan, massive, weathers to irregular plates and blocks; gastropods, crinoid columnals, and brachiopods" (p. 192) | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS,USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11529 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, P. Wagner | Enterer: | C. Ferguson, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-08-20 09:38:57 | Last modified: | 2017-03-04 00:07:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-20 09:38:57 |
| 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] |