3 miles west of Sedan (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Kellett 78

Where: Kansas (37.1° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 29.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kanwaka Formation (Shawnee Group), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy shale

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Raymond Whortan; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: B. Kellett. 1935. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kanss: III. Bairdiidae (concluded), Cytherellidae, Cypridinidae, Entomoconchidae, Cytheridae, and Cypridae. Journal of Paleontology 9(2):132-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133163: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella "sp. A" Coryell 1928 ostracod
Hollinella "sp. B" Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites dattonensis Harlton 1927 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Pseudoparaparchites kansensis Kellett 1933 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Sulcella sulcata Coryell and Sample 1932 ostracod
Cavellina marmorea n. sp. Kellett 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia compressa Kellett 1935 ostracod
Healdia simplex Roundy 1926 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina lewisi Harris and Lalicker 1932 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia whortani n. sp. Kellett 1935 ostracod
Bairdia kanwakensis n. sp. Kellett 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
"Bythocypris pediformis" = Pseudobythocypris pediformis
"Bythocypris pediformis" = Pseudobythocypris pediformis Knight 1928 ostracod
 Podocopida - Macrocyprididae
Macrocypris garrisonensis Upson 1933 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Youngiellidae
Moorites minutus Warthin 1930 ostracod