USGS 13674, Alma (Permian of the United States)

Where: Wabaunsee County, Kansas (39.1° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° S, 27.1° 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 12434: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 13.11.2001, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Listed as Ramose Bryozoans [entered as "Terpostomata"]
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura sp. Girty 1939 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo sp. Girty 1912 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite