M3-2(Kiowa) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: McPherson County, Kansas (38.6° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 55.8° 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; yellow, 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 2028: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 16.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella belviderei
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana mutata
Nuculana mutata pointed nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula smolanensis
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella semicostata
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
originally entered as "Ostreidae sp."
 Arcida - Arcidae
Breviarca subovata
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea sp.
Cytheridea sp. Bosquet 1852 ostracod