USGS Loc. 13616, Brownville LS member, Wood Siding formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Nemaha County, Kansas (40.0° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 27.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Brownville Limestone Member (Wood Siding Formation), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The Noginskian stage is equivalent to the Virgilian stage

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Limestone (silty?)

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: M. R. Mudge, E. L. Yochelson, R. C. Douglas, H. Duncan, H. L. Strimple, M. Gordon, Jr., and D. H. Dunkle. 1962. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Uppermost Pennsylvanian and Lowermost Permian Rocks in Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 323:1-213 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11663: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 29.08.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania sp. Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily