USGS Loc. 13488, Glenrock LS member, Red Eagle LS formation (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Riley County, Kansas (39.2° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 28.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glenrock Limestone Member (Red Eagle Limestone Formation), Noginskian (301.2 - 300.1 Ma)

• The authors placed the Red Eagle Limestone in the Permian, but more recent data indicates that it is late Carboniferous.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone

• Limestone, hard, dense, gray-brown, massive, weathers tan and blocky; some small clay nodules

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 12065: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 05.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

• Brachiopods are reported to be present but are not identified.
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Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet.
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Fragments and individuals in limestone