USGS Loc. 13662, Americus LS member, Foraker LS formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (38.9° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 28.4° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Americus Limestone Member (Foraker Limestone Formation), Noginian (301.2 - 300.2 Ma)

• The authors placed the Americus Limestone in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. The collection comes from the lower 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

• impure 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 11810: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 12.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna peracuta Shumard and Swallow 1858 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam