Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (38.0° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 27.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roca Shale Formation (Council Grove Group), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• The collection comes from a thin lime layer in the Roca Shale at this locality which is mostly covered.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

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 12243: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 15.10.2001

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