USGS Loc. 13621, Units E & F, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Nemaha County, Kansas (39.9° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 27.3° 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.

• 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 12037: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 01.10.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as Bifoliate Bryozoans
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878