Where: Riley County, Kansas (39.2° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 27.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Eskridge Shale Formation (Council Grove Group), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal, gray, argillaceous limestone
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 12389: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 08.11.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 | |
Bivalvia | |
Septimyalina scitula Newell 1942 clam | |
Aviculopecten cf. nodocostata scallop | |
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam |