Where: Cowley County, Kansas (37.4° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 28.1° 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 limestone bed in the Eskridge shale at this locality.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 12395: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 08.11.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Edmondia nebrascensis Geinitz 1866 clam | |
Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942 clam | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Strophomenata | |
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852 |