USGS 14835, Beaumont (Permian of the United States)

Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (37.6° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 28.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray siltstone

• Shale, silty, tan in upper part, dark gray in lower part, blocky

Size class: macrofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12188: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 11.10.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Linoproductus magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus
"Linoproductus magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp., Derbyia crassa
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer dunbari
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella osagensis
Wellerella osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma bovidens
Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella carbonaria
Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites sp.
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp.
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 nautiloid
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma terminale" = Wilkingia terminale
"Allorisma terminale" = Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum sp.
Dibunophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral