USGS Loc. 14831, Florena Shale member, Beattie LS formation (Permian of the United States)

Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (37.7° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 28.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone

• Shale, clayey, gray to tan, thin-bedded; fusulinids abundant in the lowermost part; brachiopods and crinoid fragments common

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 12439: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 13.11.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
cf. Aviculopecten sp.
cf. Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita cf. subtilita
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus sp.
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852