USGS Loc. 13676, Americus LS member, Foraker LS formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (39.0° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.7° S, 28.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Americus Limestone Member (Foraker Limestone Formation), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The authors placed the Americus Limestone in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. Collection comes from the upper limestone of the Americus at this locality. The Noginskian Stage is recognized as equivalent to the Virgilian Stage.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• fusulinid tests common in the limestone

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 11795: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 07.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

• Textularian microfossils are listed as being present in the collection, but are unidentified.
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Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Geinitzina sp.
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet.
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Fragments and individuals in limestone
 Fusulinoidea - Eostaffellidae
? Millerella inflata
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Triticites aff. eoextenta, Triticites eoextenta
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp.
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873