USGS Loc. 14808, Burr LS member, Grenola LS formation (Permian of the United States)

Where: Cowley County, Kansas (37.1° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 28.3° 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; gray siltstone and gray limestone

• Shale, silty, gray, thin-bedded to nodular; a thin 0.4-ft bed of limestone is about 2.7 ft from base; limestone is medium hard, gray, weathers blocky; contains stromatolites and fossil fragments. Another thin platy limestone is in middle part, contains pelecypods.

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 12321: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 23.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

• Stromatolites are indicated to be present in the bed but are not identified in the collection.
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus
Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp.
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cf. wheeleri
Schizodus cf. wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
"Allorisma" sp.
"Allorisma" sp. King 1844 clam