USGS Loc. 13597, Unit E, 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)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-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.

• 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 12024: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 01.10.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Abundant
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
Listed as Fenestrate Bryozoans
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite