USGS Loc. 13594, Unit B, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (39.1° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 28.0° 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 comes from Mudge and Burton, 1959, section 45, p. 175;

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• Unit B of the Hughes Creek consists of alternating beds of shale and limestone. The exact lithology is uncertain, but is likely shale rather than 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 11879: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 18.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania modesta White and St. John 1867
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as Bifoliate Bryozoans
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily