USGS Loc. 13550, Unit B, Neva LS member, Grenola LS formation (Permian of the United States)

Where: Riley County, Kansas (39.2° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 27.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neva Limestone Member (Grenola Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous claystone

• Shale, clayey, slightly calcareous, dark-gray, weathers blue gray, thin-bedded

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 12354: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 29.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cinoidea indet.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Marginifera sp.
Marginifera sp. Waagen 1884
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes geronticus
Lissochonetes geronticus Dunbar and Condra 1932
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet.
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878