C2010(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: transition zone or lower shoreface; gray, carbonaceous sandstone

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 1994: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 16.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
rare
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
rare
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia texana cockle
common
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Flaventia belviderensis venus clam
abundant
Cyprimeria kiowana venus clam
rare
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula smolanensis clam
abundant