Also known as Outcrop 15 of Heckel (1991)

Where: Bourbon County, Kansas (37.8° N, 95.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.3° S, 29.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lost Branch Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• Generally and impure fossiliferous, shaly or sandy limestone or dolomite that is only about 0.6m thick.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 1997. Palynology of the Lost Branch Formation of Kansas--new insights on the major floral transition at the Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian boundary. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 98:223-246 [H. Sims/H. Sims/H. Sims]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10791: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 25.06.2001

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