Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (37.8° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 27.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sallyards Limestone Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 12255: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 16.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop | |
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933 | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 |