Where: Cowley County, Kansas (37.2° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.7° S, 28.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Salem Point Shale Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous siltstone
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 12323: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 23.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam | |
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 |