USGS Loc. 13632, Cottonwood LS member, Beattie LS formation (Permian of the United States)

Where: Nemaha County, Kansas (39.9° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 26.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cottonwood Limestone Member (Beattie Limestone Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 12396: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 08.11.2001

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Fragments and individuals in limestone
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
Stenolaemata
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
Listed as Fenestrate Bryozoans
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]