Where: Labette County, Kansas (37.2° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 30.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: South Mound Shale Member (Hepler Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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