USGS Loc. 13828, Burr 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: Burr Limestone Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• Limestone, medium-hard, tan, weathers blocky; thin shale parting in lower part; upper bed dense, contains rounded fragments of limestone as much as 1/2 inch in diameter; limestone above the shale parting contains flattened limestone fragments as much as 1 inch in diameter; pelecypods abundant, many are iron-stained molds and casts. A shale bed (0.7 ft thick) is present 1.0 ft from base.

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 12315: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 22.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina cf. scitula
Septimyalina cf. scitula Newell 1942 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis cf. hawni
Pseudomonotis cf. hawni Meek and Hayden 1858 scallop
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus subcostatus
Permophorus subcostatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam