USGS Loc. 13495, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Riley County, Kansas (39.2° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 28.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Five Point Limestone Member (Janesville Shale Formation), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The authors placed the Five Point Limestone in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. Noginskian stage is reported as equivalent to the Virgilian stage.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone

• Limestone, hard, medium gray, massive, weathers light gray and blocky;

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 11751: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 05.09.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geronticus, "Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella sp.
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Linoproductus magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus
"Linoproductus magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania cf. nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania cf. nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer cf. kansasensis
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp.
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp.
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina (Orthomyalina) sp.
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet.
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878