Where: Riley County, Kansas (39.2° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 27.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Burr Limestone Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• The collection comes from the top of the 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 12276: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 17.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam | |
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam | |
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 |