USGS Loc. 13827, Sallyards LS member, Grenola LS formation (Permian of the United States)

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone

• Limestone, medium-hard, dark-gray, blocky to shaly; pelecypods abundant

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 12254: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 16.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp.
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. arctisulcatus