Co.Rd. southwest of Dennis (Dennis Fm., Labette Co., KS) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Labette County, Kansas (37.3° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 29.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Stark Shale Member (Dennis Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail