USGS Loc. 13562, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (39.1° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 27.6° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hughes Creek Shale Member (Foraker Limestone Formation), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The authors placed the Hughes Creek Shale in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous. The Noginskian Stage is recognized as equivalent to the Virgilian Stage. Strat section given in Mudge and Burton, 1959, section 42, p. 170;

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

• The exact lithology of this collection is uncertain. Both shale and limestone beds are present in Unit A of the Hughes Creek.

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 11848: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 14.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Productida - Productellidae
"aff. Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis
"aff. Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis King 1931
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania sp. Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Linoproductus magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus
"Linoproductus magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as Bifoliate Bryozoans