USGS Loc. 13623, Bennet Shale member, Red Eagle LS formation (Permian of the United States)

Where: Nemaha County, Kansas (39.9° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 26.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bennett Shale Member (Red Eagle Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• 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 12109: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 08.10.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Stenolaemata
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
Listed as Fenestrate Bryozoans
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]