USGS Loc. 13707, Bennett Shale member, Red Eagle LS formation (Permian of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (38.8° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 27.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone

• Shale, clayey, noncalcareous, gray, blocky; thin conglomeratic zone 0.7 ft from base of overlying limestone; well-rounded claystone fragments as much as 1/4 inch in diameter; comglomerate only in west side of cut

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 12117: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 09.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis King 1931
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847