Where: Nemaha County, Kansas (39.9° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 26.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burr Limestone Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• The collection comes from the upper limestone of the Burr at this locality.
• member-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 12262: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 16.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop |