Where: Kiowa County, Kansas (37.4° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 57.3° 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 2016: 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 | |
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Flaventia belviderensis venus clam | |
Trachycardium kansasense cockle | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Nuculana mutata pointed nut clam |