Where: Elk County, Kansas (37.5° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 28.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eskridge Shale Formation (Council Grove Group), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• The collection comes from the upper part of the Eskridge at this locality.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
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 12394: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 08.11.2001
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 | |
Meekella striatocostata Cox 1857 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita cf. subtilita Hall 1852 | |
Foraminifera | |
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878 |