Where: Cowley County, Kansas (37.1° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° S, 28.3° 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 12190: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 11.10.2001, edited by Raghav Sehtia
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Graphiocrinus kansasensis Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 | |
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858 | |
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Wellerella osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
Rhipidomella cf. carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
Anthozoa | |
Dibunophyllum spp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral | |
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral |