Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (37.8° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° S, 28.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• 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 collection comes from the lower part of unit D at this locality.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
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 11998: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 24.09.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
Linoproductus sp. Chao 1927 | |
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Neospirifer cf. dunbari King 1933 | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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