C2010(Kiowa): Albian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Repichnia sp.
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia texana
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Flaventia belviderensis
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Cyprimeria kiowana
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula smolanensis
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Clark |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 99.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 58.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 | *Epoch: | Gallic | *Local age/stage: | Comanchean |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,red or brown carbonaceous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 1994 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-06-16 06:47:15 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52. | 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] |