Just southeast of Manhattan on Kansas State highway 29 (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Kellett 41

Where: Kansas (39.2° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 28.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elmdale Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: B. Kellett. 1933. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kansas: I. the Aparchitidae, Beyrichiidae, Glyptopleuridae, Kloedenellidae, Kirkbyiidae, and Youngiellidae. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):59-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133139: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Knightina texana Harlton 1928 ostracod
 Platycopida - Sansabellidae
"Jonesina bolliaformis" = Sansabella bolliaformis
"Jonesina bolliaformis" = Sansabella bolliaformis Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina edmistonae2 Harris and Lalicker 1932 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"Bairdia florenaensis" = Orthobairdia texana1, "Bairdia seminalis" = Cryptobairdia seminalis1, "Bairdia deloi" = Bairdia grahamensis1, Bairdia beedei1
"Bairdia florenaensis" = Orthobairdia texana1 Harlton 1927 ostracod
"Bairdia seminalis" = Cryptobairdia seminalis1 Knight 1928 ostracod
"Bairdia deloi" = Bairdia grahamensis1 Harlton 1928 ostracod
Bairdia beedei1 Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Haworthina bulleta2 Harris and Lalicker 1932 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
? Carbonita tumida2 Upson 1933 ostracod