Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (38.9° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° S, 27.9° 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 12038: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 02.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Strophomenata | |
Lissochonetes geronticus, "Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852 | |
Derbyia cf. crassa Meek and Hayden 1858 | |
Linoproductus sp. Chao 1927 | |
Marginifera sp. Waagen 1884 | |
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis King 1931 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Wellerella cf. delicatula Dunbar and Condra 1932
Wellerella osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858 | |
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932 | |
Neospirifer cf. dunbari King 1933
Neospirifer cf. kansasensis Swallow 1866 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Foraminifera | |
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