I70 west of 18th st. entrance ramp (Dewey Fm., Wyandotte Co., KS) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wyandotte County, Kansas (39.1° N, 94.7° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 27.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Quivira shale Member (Dewey 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 147: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Anematina sp. Knight 1933 snail