Where: Cowley County, Kansas (37.1° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 28.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Salem Point Member (Grenola Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 12324: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 23.10.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Strophomenata | |
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
"Linoproductus cf. magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus
"Linoproductus cf. magnispinus" = Linipalus magnispinus Dunbar and Condra 1932 | |
"Chonetes" sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita subtilita Hall 1852 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Gastropoda | |
Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942 clam | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Pseudomonotis cf. hawni Meek and Hayden 1858 scallop | |
Permophorus subcostatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Schizodus cf. wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam |