C1-9(Kiowa) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Clark County, Kansas (37.3° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 58.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kiowa Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic, gray, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Scott. 1970. Paleoecology and Paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous Kiowa Formation, Kansas. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions (52)1-94 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1983: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 15.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana mutata pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten inconspicuus Bittner 1901 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
rare - originally entered as "Ostreidae sp."
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae