USGS Loc. 14836, Sallyards LS member, Grenola LS formation (Permian of the United States)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sallyards Limestone Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Limestone, hard, locally dense, weathers blocky; pelecypods and bryozoans abundant; stromatolites in upper part

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 12253: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 16.10.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Bryozoans and stromatolites are listed as being present but are unidentified and are not included in the taxanomic list.
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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura sp.
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus subcostatus
Permophorus subcostatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cf. subtilita
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858