USGS 13661, Holton (Permian of the United States)

Where: Jackson County, Kansas (39.4° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 26.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12432: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 13.11.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinidae indet. Moeller 1878
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania modesta White and St. John 1867
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis
"Dictyoclostus huecoensis" = Reticulatia huecoensis King 1931
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin