USGS 14802, Cedar Vale (Permian of the United States)

Where: Cowley County, Kansas (37.1° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° S, 28.2° 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 12442: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 13.11.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Amphiscapha muricata Knight 1934 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma terminale" = Wilkingia terminale
"Allorisma terminale" = Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cf. wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
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
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis
"Juresania nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia cymbula Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as Bifoliate Bryozoans
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral